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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 excuse does Uncle Avrum use to get the guards to come away from the train?
(a) His factory is on fire.
(b) His wife has had a heart attack.
(c) His factory has been robbed.
(d) His son has fallen into a well.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of Rifka's older brothers living in America?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Asher.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Reuben.

3. How does Rifka feel when she realizes that the item in #29 has been stolen from her rucksack?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Sad.
(d) Relieved.

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

5. Who is the only member of Rifka's family who does not get sick?
(a) Papa.
(b) Mama.
(c) Saul.
(d) Nathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rifka's family stranded in Poland?

2. What is Rifka's hometown?

3. What organization provides aid to Rifka's family in Warsaw?

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

5. What reason does Rifka give the Russian soldiers for why she is on the train?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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