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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 must Rifka do at Ellis Island before she can go home with her parents?
(a) Get vaccinations.
(b) Find her rucksack.
(c) Pass a medical inspection.
(d) Pay an arrival fee.

2. How does Pieter die?
(a) He is hit by a falling mast.
(b) He gets food poisoning.
(c) He has typhus.
(d) He drowns during a storm.

3. What does Rifka worry about while on board the ship?
(a) Having her money stolen.
(b) Storms.
(c) Getting seasick.
(d) Being lonesome.

4. Why had Uncle Avrum let Hannah take piano lessons?
(a) To strenghten her hands.
(b) To catch a good husband.
(c) To teach piano lessons.
(d) To play in an orchestra.

5. When Rifka gets the approval to go to America, she has been gone from Berdichev for how long?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the sailor with whom Rifka makes friends on the ship?

2. What had Pieter encouraged Rifka to do?

3. What is the Statue of Liberty holding up?

4. What is remarkable about Rifka's appearance as as result of her illness?

5. Who is the girl who Rifka plays with in the park across the street from the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the young sailor Rifka meets on board the ship?

2. How is Rifka's thirteenth birthday celebrated and what does she recall about a doll she received for her ninth birthday?

3. Who does the kind milkman remind Rifka of and how does she show her appreciation for his kindness?

4. What role does Rifka's Judaism play as a way of staying connected to her family?

5. What terrible fate does Pieter meet during a big storm while aboard ship?

6. Who rescues Rifka when she gets lost while out exploring Antwerp?

7. Where does Rifka stay when she goes to Belgium?

8. How does Rifka learn to find family connections even though she is alone in Antwerp?

9. What can Rifka see from her bedroom window in Antwerp?

10. What do Mama and Papa give to Rifka before they leave for the United States and she goes to Belgium?

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