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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. What is Rifka's prognosis according to the medical student?
(a) She will be crippled for life.
(b) She will be better in a few days.
(c) She will have bad scars.
(d) She will die.

2. What disease does Rifka have that prevents her from getting a ticket to America?
(a) Chicken Pox.
(b) Ringworm.
(c) Measles.
(d) Shingles.

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

4. "Letters from Rifka" begins in September of what year?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1919.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rifka's uncle who helped her family escape?

2. What do the women in Poland wear on their heads?

3. What items did Rifka carry in her rucksack?

4. Which of the following does NOT describe what Rifka sees in Poland, which is just like her hometown in Russia?

5. Who is the only one in Rifka's family who can speak Russian without a Yiddish accent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about Rifka and her family, and why they had to leave Russia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where is Rifka sent for her ringworm treatment and what organization is shepherding her through the process?

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