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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 the only reason Rifka goes outside in Belgium?
(a) To go ice skating.
(b) To go to her treatments.
(c) To go to the market.
(d) To go to temple.

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

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

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

5. What does Rifka celebrate by herself in her room?
(a) A Sweet Sixteen party.
(b) A graduation ceremony.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A mitzvah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is steerage class on a steamship?

2. What had Pieter encouraged Rifka to do?

3. Mama had had to take the gift in #67 and trade it for __________________.

4. What language does the person in #73 teach Rifka?

5. How does Rifka say goodbye to the milkman at her house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does this section of the book show about Rifka's burgeoning maturity?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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