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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. Who is Rifka's uncle who helped her family escape?
(a) Uncle Alexie.
(b) Uncle Anastas.
(c) Uncle Andrick.
(d) Uncle Avrum.

2. Which one of Rifka's family members is the first to get ill on the train?
(a) Mama.
(b) Saul.
(c) Rifka.
(d) Nathan.

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

4. Who are Rifka's brothers?
(a) Saul and Pieter.
(b) Aleksandr and Pieter.
(c) Nathan and Aleksandr.
(d) Nathan and Saul.

5. Rifka is the only one in the family who could pass for a Russian peasant _____________________.
(a) because of her clothing.
(b) because of her blonde hair.
(c) because of her ruddy complexion.
(d) because of her sturdy legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Letters from Rifka" begins in September of what year?

2. Rifka writes her letter while on a train bound for which country?

3. Rifka states that life in Russia is good for Tovah because ___________________.

4. How does Rifka know Tovah?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of Rifka's older brothers living in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Rifka tell Tovah about her role in the family's escape plan?

4. What is Rifka doing as the novel opens?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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