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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rifka is the only one in the family who could pass for a Russian peasant _____________________.
(a) because of her clothing.
(b) because of her blonde hair.
(c) because of her ruddy complexion.
(d) because of her sturdy legs.

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

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

5. Where does Saul find a place for him and Rifka to stay?
(a) A clinic.
(b) An inn.
(c) A monastery.
(d) A school.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. What do the women in Poland wear on their heads?
(a) Berets.
(b) Shawls.
(c) Kerchiefs.
(d) Pillbox hats.

11. What disease does Rifka have that prevents her from getting a ticket to America?
(a) Measles.
(b) Shingles.
(c) Ringworm.
(d) Chicken Pox.

12. Rifka writes in her letter that her family has escaped from which country?
(a) China.
(b) Poland.
(c) Romania.
(d) Russia.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eats the food that Rifka had saved for Saul?

2. Who had made the undergarments Rifka wears?

3. Rifka says the guard speak ill of her family because ___________________.

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

5. How old is Rifka at the beginning of the book?

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