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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Riva's mother's name?
(a) Nera.
(b) Nacha.
(c) Yuma.
(d) Yaka.

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

4. How old was Riva's cousin when they lived in Poland?
(a) 13 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

5. Who was Riva's family's landlady?
(a) Mrs. Gruber.
(b) Mrs. Ham.
(c) Mrs. Meister.
(d) Mrs. Henrich.

6. Where did Riva's family hide the youngest brother when the Germans came to their apartment?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) In the pantry.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the basement.

7. Who is Riva talking to at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Her daughter Sophia.
(b) Her son Joseph.
(c) Her son Yumlek.
(d) Her daughter Nancy.

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

9. When did Riva and her cousin go to the post office, according to Chapter 4?
(a) April 1939.
(b) May 1940.
(c) March 1940.
(d) April 1940.

10. What school did Riva and her siblings attend?
(a) Public Schools.
(b) Private schools.
(c) They had been home schooled.
(d) They didn't go to school.

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

12. What organization was formed, at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) The Communist party.
(b) The Worker's Union.
(c) The Nazi party.
(d) The Volksdeutsche.

13. How many children did Riva's mother have?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Riva's mother plead for the landlady to leave?

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

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

4. What did the people joining the new organization wear?

5. What was Riva dreading, according to Chapter 1?

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