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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the men the Germans harassed?
(a) They were put in trucks and brought to work on a bridge.
(b) They were shot.
(c) They were taken to a local factory to work.
(d) They were taken in trains and never came back.

2. What did the people joining the new organization wear?
(a) Brown shirts.
(b) Top hats.
(c) Swastikas.
(d) Black coats.

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

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

5. What did the Child Welfare Department worker tell Riva?
(a) That she could apply for financial aid.
(b) That they had to take her away.
(c) That she had to get a job.
(d) That they could not live alone.

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

7. What separated Riva and her cousin?
(a) A fire in one of the houses.
(b) A column of German soldiers headed for the front.
(c) A bomb run by the Soviets.
(d) An attack by Germans on Jews.

8. In what year does Chapter 6 begin?
(a) September 1942.
(b) September 1940.
(c) September 1941.
(d) September 1943.

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

10. What did Riva say to Nancy to reassure her?
(a) That the massacre could never happen again.
(b) That all the Nazis are dead.
(c) That she is too young to worry about it.
(d) That she would keep the light on.

11. What did some children create in the ghetto?
(a) Food scavenger groups.
(b) Trading groups.
(c) Play groups.
(d) Secret study groups.

12. What vitamin did Riva's siblings trade on the black market to help Riva?
(a) Vita-mine.
(b) Vigantol.
(c) Vitalop.
(d) Great-vita.

13. What did Riva call the event she witnessed in Chapter 4?
(a) The Caravan of Horror.
(b) The cattle train.
(c) The horror train.
(d) The train of shame.

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

15. What was Riva's family's landlady's grandson accused of being?
(a) A Jew.
(b) A Catholic.
(c) A Communist.
(d) A spy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the landlady's grandson tell Riva?

4. What did the propaganda tell the inhabitants of the ghetto?

5. What job did Riva take in order to stay at home with her brother?

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