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

2. What had Hannah given to Rifka before the family escaped?
(a) A shawl.
(b) A hat.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A coin purse.

3. Where is Rifka sent to get treatment for her disease?
(a) Belgium.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

4. What reason does Rifka give the Russian soldiers for why she is on the train?
(a) She is going to work for a wealthy family.
(b) She is going to a relative's funeral.
(c) She is going away to school.
(d) She is returning home from a holiday.

5. Rifka writes her letter while on a train bound for which country?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Austria.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fruit does Rifka buy from the vendor at the steamship dock?

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

3. In what city will Rifka live to get treatment for her disease?

4. How does Rifka feel when she realizes that the item in #29 has been stolen from her rucksack?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind deed does Rifka do for a girl on the train to Warsaw which will have negative repercussions for her?

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

5. Describe Rifka's personality traits and which is probably her strongest trait?

6. What causes Rifka to scratch her chest until she bleeds in the night?

7. What disease is Rifka diagnosed with in Poland and what is her prognosis?

8. What humiliating things are forced upon Rifka and her family by the guards and a doctor at the Polish border?

9. Why is Rifka acting as a distraction on the train?

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

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