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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the ultimate destination of Rifka and her family?
(a) France.
(b) Canada.
(c) America.
(d) England.

3. How does Rifka feel about her brother, Saul?
(a) She detests him.
(b) She does not like him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She finds him amusing.

4. Entering _____________ is Rifka's first time in another country.
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Poland.

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

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

7. Which of the following does NOT describe what Rifka sees in Poland, which is just like her hometown in Russia?
(a) Flower boxes on windowsills.
(b) Crooked cottages.
(c) Bony fences.
(d) Patchy roads.

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

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

10. Where are Rifka's family members taken when they get ill?
(a) A medical tent.
(b) A church.
(c) A clinic.
(d) A hospital.

11. Where does the medical student say that Rifka contracted her disease?
(a) Somewhere in Russia.
(b) A Polish train station.
(c) On the train.
(d) Water from a pond.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rifka writes her letter while on a train bound for which country?

3. Rifka recalls that Mama always liked to ________________ at home.

4. Who is the only one in Rifka's family who can speak Russian without a Yiddish accent?

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

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