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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) America.
(d) Canada.

2. To whom is Rifka writing when the novel begins?
(a) Milena.
(b) Duscha.
(c) Tovah.
(d) Anja.

3. How does Rifka close her first letter to Tovah?
(a) Until we meet again.
(b) Shalom to you.
(c) Love.
(d) I miss you.

4. 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 has been robbed.
(c) His son has fallen into a well.
(d) His factory is on fire.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How does Rifka know Tovah?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are classmates.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are neighbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Russian guards use to search the train?

2. What does Rifka note is missing when her rucksack is returned to her?

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

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

5. What items did Rifka carry in her rucksack?

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