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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Rifka give the Russian soldiers for why she is on the train?

2. Where does the medical student say that Rifka contracted her disease?

3. What had Hannah given to Rifka before the family escaped?

4. Where does Rifka's family head once everyone is well and out of the hospital?

5. What is Rifka's hometown?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is life in Russia better for Tovah than it was for Rifka?

2. What happens when Mama, Papa and Nathan come down with typhus, and where do Rifka and Saul go?

3. What is Uncle Avrum's role in helping Rifka's family escape on the train?

4. How does Rifka try to repay Saul for the food he earns for them?

5. How does Rifka spend her time at the hospital when she goes to see her family?

6. What lie does Rifka tell to the guards on the train in order to quell their suspicions?

7. What is Saul's advice for preventing the innkeeper's daughter from eating her food in the future?

8. What is missing from Rifka's rucksack when it is returned to her and how does she feel about the loss?

9. Why will the steamship company not sell a ticket to Rifka for passage to America?

10. What is revealed about why Rifka and her family had to leave Russia?

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