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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Rifka's grandmother?
(a) Bubbe Mila.
(b) Bubbe Ruth.
(c) Bubbe Natalia.
(d) Bubbe Yulia.

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

6. Rifka writes her letter while on a train bound for which country?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Austria.

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

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

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

10. Rifka recalls that Mama always liked to ________________ at home.
(a) sing.
(b) plant flowers.
(c) paint.
(d) bake.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saul buy every morning for his and Rifka's breakfast?

2. How does Rifka close her first letter to Tovah?

3. What disease does Rifka have that prevents her from getting a ticket to America?

4. The Russian guards were searching for Nathan because ____________________.

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

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