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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage does Rifka like about being on her own in Antwerp?
(a) She can play with whomever she wants to.
(b) She can eat whatever she likes.
(c) She doesn't wear a coat if she doesn't want to.
(d) She can stay out as late as she wants to.

2. What language does the person in #73 teach Rifka?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Flemish.
(d) Dutch.

3. Who is the girl who Rifka plays with in the park across the street from the house?
(a) Katya.
(b) Ana.
(c) Marta.
(d) Gizelle.

4. When does Rifka finally sail for America?
(a) September 1920.
(b) September 1925.
(c) September 1922.
(d) September 1918.

5. How old is Rifka on the birthday she spends in Belgium?
(a) 13.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

6. What excites Rifka about what her parents have in New York City?
(a) Indoor plumbing.
(b) A refrigerator.
(c) New jobs.
(d) A view of a park.

7. Who is the nun who gives Rifka her treatments?
(a) Sister Caroline.
(b) Sister Katrina.
(c) Sister Natasha.
(d) Sister Katya.

8. The HIAS lady in Antwerp took Rifka to a cowboy movie starring whom?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Tom Mix.
(c) Roy Rogers.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

9. How does Pieter die?
(a) He drowns during a storm.
(b) He has typhus.
(c) He gets food poisoning.
(d) He is hit by a falling mast.

10. When Rifka gets the approval to go to America, she has been gone from Berdichev for how long?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

11. How does Rifka say goodbye to the milkman at her house?
(a) She simply smiles.
(b) She kisses his hand.
(c) She shakes his hand.
(d) She hugs him.

12. Mama had had to take the gift in #67 and trade it for __________________.
(a) meat.
(b) cabbages.
(c) medicine.
(d) potatoes.

13. When does Rifka finally reach America?
(a) June 25, 1922.
(b) October 1, 1920.
(c) July 24, 1900.
(d) September 15, 1919.

14. Who is the couple who has taken Rifka into their home in Belgium?
(a) Phillippe and Cecile.
(b) Maurice and Gabrielle.
(c) Gaston and Marie.
(d) Gerard and Marie.

15. What is the only reason Rifka goes outside in Belgium?
(a) To go to her treatments.
(b) To go to the market.
(c) To go to temple.
(d) To go ice skating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rifka says that the wounded ship moved so slowly to America that she could have _____________________.

2. Who helps Rifka buy her ticket to America?

3. What had Papa told Rifka to be prepared for at Ellis Island?

4. How does the milkman say goodbye to Rifka at her house?

5. What is remarkable about Rifka's appearance as as result of her illness?

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