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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the young man that came to Riva's house in search of his family?
(a) Yahim.
(b) Shmulek.
(c) Yulek.
(d) Henry.

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

5. 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.

6. What amenities were eliminated shortly after the creation of the ghetto?
(a) The soup kitchen and the local garden.
(b) Schools, soup kitchens, and a hospital.
(c) The pool and the theater.
(d) Schools and the hospital.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

13. Who joined the new organization?
(a) Mrs. Gruber and Harry.
(b) Mr. Yemush.
(c) Riva's brothers.
(d) Riva.

14. What made Nancy sad?
(a) She did not have friends.
(b) She did not have a brother.
(c) She did not have grandparents.
(d) She did not have a dad.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Riva's family's landlady's grandson accused of being?

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

3. What was Riva's mother's marital status?

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

5. What holiday was Riva's mother preparing for, in her memory of her childhood?

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