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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the landlady's grandson wear when he pounded on the door?
(a) A Communist uniform.
(b) A payot.
(c) A Nazi uniform.
(d) A dress.

2. Who brought Riva to the doctor after she fell ill?
(a) Moishe.
(b) Meibele.
(c) Saba.
(d) Mrs. Gruber.

3. What did the men Riva overheard talk about?
(a) The price of food.
(b) The war and the world situation.
(c) How to keep their families safe.
(d) How to escape to England.

4. How many siblings was Riva living with in the ghetto?
(a) 6 siblings.
(b) 2 siblings.
(c) 3 siblings.
(d) 5 siblings.

5. What was the name of the deaf and mute boy Riva helped, in Chapter 4?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Markus.
(c) Abram.
(d) Yumlek.

6. What were the people of the ghetto encouraged to do?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Stay inside the ghetto.
(c) Try to escape.
(d) Accept relocation.

7. What happened to Riva's family's apartment?
(a) It was burned.
(b) It was foreclosed on.
(c) It was raided by Nazis.
(d) It was used as a hiding spot for Jews.

8. What did Riva's younger brother contract when he was 13?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Tuberculosis.

9. What did Riva agree on in order to adopt her brothers?
(a) To give up any privilege of being a child.
(b) To work from home only.
(c) To get a job.
(d) To work for the Child Welfare Department.

10. What did Riva's siblings trade for bread on the black market?
(a) An apple.
(b) A tangerine.
(c) A banana.
(d) An orange.

11. Where did Riva spend her childhood?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Lodz.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Krakow.

12. What did Riva's mother do for a living?
(a) She had run a tailor factory.
(b) She had run a cleaning service.
(c) She had run a taxi company.
(d) She had run a food stand.

13. What did the propaganda tell the inhabitants of the ghetto?
(a) That those who leave will have hospital access.
(b) That they would be safe from the Soviets.
(c) That they could have access to public gardens.
(d) That they could create their own country.

14. Where were Riva and her family living a month after the events of Chapter 4?
(a) In the Warsaw ghetto.
(b) In the Krakow ghetto.
(c) In Auschwitz.
(d) In the Lodz ghetto.

15. What was Riva's mother's marital status?
(a) Widowed.
(b) Divorced.
(c) Single.
(d) Married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Riva's mother's name?

2. What amenities were eliminated shortly after the creation of the ghetto?

3. What did the Child Welfare Department worker tell Riva?

4. Why did the Germans take Riva's mother away?

5. Who is Riva talking to at the start of Chapter 1?

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