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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 is steerage class on a steamship?
(a) People working on board for their passage.
(b) The maintenance crew.
(c) First class passengers.
(d) People crowded in the belly of a ship.

2. What color is the little desk Rifka spends much time at in her room in Belgium?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

3. What musical instrument is Tovah good at playing?
(a) Violin.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Flute.
(d) Piano.

4. Who helps Rifka buy her ticket to America?
(a) Marie.
(b) Gaston.
(c) Sister Katrina.
(d) The lady from HIAS.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rifka save her money to buy?

2. What does Rifka use to make a Star of David?

3. Who takes Rifka back home when she gets lost in Antwerp?

4. What excites Rifka about what her parents have in New York City?

5. What is the line between being in America, and not being in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Rifka feel after the storm in which Pieter died?

4. How does Rifka prepare herself for going to America?

5. What excites Rifka about news in a letter from her parents?

6. What does Rifka's brief friendship with Pieter mean, and how is she able to move on past his death?

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

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

9. What sailing arrangements are made for Rifka to go to America when she is cured?

10. Who administers Rifka's treatments in Antwerp and what else does this person teach Rifka?

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