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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 does Rifka note is missing when her rucksack is returned to her?
(a) Her hair ribbons.
(b) The candlesticks.
(c) Her book.
(d) Her good dress.

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

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

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

5. Rifka recalls a time when Russian soldiers beat Papa because he would not give up his ____________.
(a) candlesticks.
(b) pipe.
(c) boots.
(d) heater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Rifka have?

2. Where does Rifka's family stay while stranded in Poland?

3. How does Rifka feel about her brother, Saul?

4. What does Saul buy every morning for his and Rifka's breakfast?

5. Which one of Rifka's family members is the first to get ill on the train?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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