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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person in #73 teach Rifka regarding hygiene?
(a) How to wash her hair.
(b) How to scrub her nails.
(c) How to wash her clothes.
(d) How to brush her teeth.

2. What is the Statue of Liberty holding up?
(a) A lamp.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A child.
(d) A book.

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

4. What is Rifka wearing as she arrives in America?
(a) A black velvet hat.
(b) A blue coat.
(c) New leather boots.
(d) A pink dress.

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

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

7. What does Rifka worry about while on board the ship?
(a) Getting seasick.
(b) Having her money stolen.
(c) Being lonesome.
(d) Storms.

8. Rifka may have to wear a peruke because __________________________.
(a) she is always cold.
(b) there is a rash on her arms.
(c) she has trouble walking.
(d) her hair has not grown back.

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

10. What does Papa give to Rifka before he leaves for America?
(a) His watch.
(b) His tallis.
(c) His pipe.
(d) A bag of apples.

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

12. Rifka recalls that her cousins gave her _______________ for her ninth birthday.
(a) writing paper.
(b) a shawl.
(c) a doll.
(d) hair ribbons.

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

14. What does Mama give to Rifka before Mama leaves for America?
(a) A locket.
(b) A photograph.
(c) Some money.
(d) A lock of her hair.

15. How old is Pieter?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Uncle Avrum let Hannah take piano lessons?

2. Why had a lady from the HIAS taken Rifka shopping for clothes when she first arrived in Antwerp?

3. What is the line between being in America, and not being in America?

4. What does Rifka celebrate by herself in her room?

5. Why does Sister Katrina urge Rifka to get out of her room sometimes?

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