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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had made the undergarments Rifka wears?
(a) Aunt Natalia.
(b) Aunt Zasha.
(c) Aunt Rachel.
(d) Aunt Katya.

3. Why is Rifka's family stranded in Poland?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Broken train track.
(c) Government orders.
(d) Illness.

4. Who are Rifka's brothers?
(a) Nathan and Saul.
(b) Saul and Pieter.
(c) Aleksandr and Pieter.
(d) Nathan and Aleksandr.

5. What is Rifka's prognosis according to the medical student?
(a) She will die.
(b) She will be better in a few days.
(c) She will be crippled for life.
(d) She will have bad scars.

6. What reason does Rifka give the Russian soldiers for why she is on the train?
(a) She is going to work for a wealthy family.
(b) She is returning home from a holiday.
(c) She is going away to school.
(d) She is going to a relative's funeral.

7. What do the guards make Rifka's family do at the Polish border?
(a) Remove their clothes.
(b) Put on blindfolds.
(c) Stand up against the train.
(d) Lie on the ground.

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

9. Which of the following is NOT one of Rifka's older brothers living in America?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Pieter.
(c) Asher.
(d) Reuben.

10. To whom is Rifka writing when the novel begins?
(a) Milena.
(b) Tovah.
(c) Duscha.
(d) Anja.

11. Rifka states that life in Russia is good for Tovah because ___________________.
(a) she got disability payments.
(b) she is not Jewish.
(c) she went to a special school.
(d) her family had money.

12. Who eats the food that Rifka had saved for Saul?
(a) Rifka.
(b) Saul.
(c) The innkeeper's daughter.
(d) The innkeeper.

13. What is the name of the town where Rifka's family is stranded in Poland?
(a) Wroclaw.
(b) Motziv.
(c) Lodz.
(d) Lublin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rifka's uncle who helped her family escape?

2. Where does Rifka's family head once everyone is well and out of the hospital?

3. In what city will Rifka live to get treatment for her disease?

4. Rifka carried a book written by which Russian poet?

5. What do the Russian guards use to search the train?

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