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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Rifka does at the hospital?
(a) Watch over her mama.
(b) Learns to speak Polish.
(c) Sing to the patients.
(d) Eat potatoes.

2. The Russian guards were searching for Nathan because ____________________.
(a) he broke out of prison.
(b) he stole from a bread vendor.
(c) he damaged property in a bar fight.
(d) he escaped from the army.

3. What items did Rifka carry in her rucksack?
(a) Books.
(b) Silverware.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Candlesticks.

4. Rifka has a nightmare that people are trying to steal _____________________.
(a) Papa's pipe.
(b) Mama's candlesticks.
(c) Her coins.
(d) Her book.

5. What kind of fruit does Rifka buy from the vendor at the steamship dock?
(a) Apple.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Pear.
(d) Orange.

6. Why can Rifka not remember her older brothers in America?
(a) No one ever talks about them.
(b) They were killed in the war.
(c) She lost their pictures.
(d) They left Russia before she was born.

7. What is Rifka's last name?
(a) Vosberg.
(b) Goscinski.
(c) Walesa.
(d) Nebrot.

8. Where does Rifka's family stay while stranded in Poland?
(a) An inn.
(b) A hotel.
(c) Papa's cousin's house.
(d) A church.

9. How does Rifka close her first letter to Tovah?
(a) Love.
(b) I miss you.
(c) Shalom to you.
(d) Until we meet again.

10. Who is the only member of Rifka's family who does not get sick?
(a) Mama.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Saul.
(d) Papa.

11. How old is Rifka at the beginning of the book?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

12. Who is the only one in Rifka's family who can speak Russian without a Yiddish accent?
(a) Rifka.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Mama.
(d) Papa.

13. Rifka carried a book written by which Russian poet?
(a) Akhmatova.
(b) Pushkin.
(c) Pasternak.
(d) Tolstoy.

14. A nurse throws a/an _____________ substance on Rifka and her mother.
(a) paint-like.
(b) sunscreen.
(c) exfoliating.
(d) fumigation.

15. What organization provides aid to Rifka's family in Warsaw?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
(c) Doctors Without Borders.
(d) The Polish Embassy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Rifka's family members is the first to get ill on the train?

2. Why is Rifka's family stranded in Poland?

3. Where is Rifka sent to get treatment for her disease?

4. What do the women in Poland wear on their heads?

5. How does Rifka know Tovah?

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