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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rifka says the guard speak ill of her family because ___________________.
(a) they are thieves.
(b) they are Jewish.
(c) they are uneducated.
(d) they are peasants.

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

4. "Letters from Rifka" begins in September of what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1930.

5. How does Rifka feel when she realizes that the item in #29 has been stolen from her rucksack?
(a) Sad.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Relieved.

6. What disease does Rifka have?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Lyme Disease.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Malaria.

7. What does Rifka note is missing when her rucksack is returned to her?
(a) Her good dress.
(b) Her hair ribbons.
(c) The candlesticks.
(d) Her book.

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

9. In what city will Rifka live to get treatment for her disease?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Antwerp.
(d) Warsaw.

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

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

12. What do the Russian guards use to search the train?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Bayonets.
(d) Flashlights.

13. Which one of Rifka's family members is the first to get ill on the train?
(a) Saul.
(b) Mama.
(c) Rifka.
(d) Nathan.

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

15. What had Hannah given to Rifka before the family escaped?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A coin purse.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Saul get while waiting on his family to get well?

2. What is the ultimate destination of Rifka and her family?

3. Where are Rifka's family members taken when they get ill?

4. What is the name of the town where Rifka's family is stranded in Poland?

5. Rifka recalls a time when Russian soldiers beat Papa because he would not give up his ____________.

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