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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What excuse does Uncle Avrum use to get the guards to come away from the train?
(a) His wife has had a heart attack.
(b) His factory is on fire.
(c) His factory has been robbed.
(d) His son has fallen into a well.

6. Where does Rifka's family head once everyone is well and out of the hospital?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Zurich.

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

8. 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 going away to school.
(c) She is returning home from a holiday.
(d) She is going to work for a wealthy family.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rifka's family stay while stranded in Poland?

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

3. To whom is Rifka writing when the novel begins?

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

5. Rifka states that life in Russia is good for Tovah because ___________________.

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