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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. How does Rifka close her first letter to Tovah?
(a) Until we meet again.
(b) Shalom to you.
(c) I miss you.
(d) Love.
2. Who had made the undergarments Rifka wears?
(a) Aunt Natalia.
(b) Aunt Zasha.
(c) Aunt Katya.
(d) Aunt Rachel.
3. Who is Rifka's grandmother?
(a) Bubbe Natalia.
(b) Bubbe Yulia.
(c) Bubbe Mila.
(d) Bubbe Ruth.
4. How old is Rifka at the beginning of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.
5. Where does the medical student say that Rifka contracted her disease?
(a) On the train.
(b) Somewhere in Russia.
(c) A Polish train station.
(d) Water from a pond.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rifka note is missing when her rucksack is returned to her?
2. Which of the following does NOT describe what Rifka sees in Poland, which is just like her hometown in Russia?
3. Rifka states that life in Russia is good for Tovah because ___________________.
4. Where does Saul find a place for him and Rifka to stay?
5. What is Rifka's last name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What disease is Rifka diagnosed with in Poland and what is her prognosis?
2. What is revealed about Rifka and her family, and why they had to leave Russia?
3. What is Saul's advice for preventing the innkeeper's daughter from eating her food in the future?
4. What does Rifka tell Tovah about her role in the family's escape plan?
5. What lie does Rifka tell to the guards on the train in order to quell their suspicions?
6. What is Rifka doing as the novel opens?
7. What humiliating things are forced upon Rifka and her family by the guards and a doctor at the Polish border?
8. What causes Rifka to scratch her chest until she bleeds in the night?
9. What is missing from Rifka's rucksack when it is returned to her and how does she feel about the loss?
10. Why will the steamship company not sell a ticket to Rifka for passage to America?
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