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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Germans take Riva's mother away?
(a) Because she didn't have a job.
(b) Because they said she was sick.
(c) Because they had to fill they quotas.
(d) Because she was wanted.

2. What was Riva's job in the ghetto?
(a) Sewing flags.
(b) Making steel pots.
(c) Making ammunition.
(d) Sewing German uniforms.

3. 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 food stand.
(d) She had run a taxi company.

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

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

6. How old was Riva in her recollection?
(a) 13.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

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

8. Riva's conversation with her daughter, stirred memories for Riva about what year?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1938.

9. What language did the landlady speak besides Polish?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

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

11. What were the Jews forced to wear in 1940?
(a) A green rectangle.
(b) A yellow star.
(c) A blue hat.
(d) A red circle.

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

13. 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 basement.
(d) In the attic.

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

15. Where did the young man that came to Riva's house in search of his family stay?
(a) Riva's place.
(b) Henry's place.
(c) The outdoor bathroom.
(d) The steel factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization was formed, at the start of Chapter 3?

2. What did some children create in the ghetto?

3. What did the marchers described in Chapter 5 demand of the leaders of the ghetto?

4. Who joined the new organization?

5. What separated Riva and her cousin?

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