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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Riva dreading, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Going to sleep.
(b) Going outside.
(c) Taking the car.
(d) Looking people in the eye.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. What did workers get for their labor?
(a) Some wood.
(b) Freedom points.
(c) A ration of food.
(d) Clothes.

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

12. What was the name of the grandson of Riva's family's landlady?
(a) Henry.
(b) Harry.
(c) John.
(d) Paul.

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

14. What did Riva's mother plead for the landlady to leave?
(a) The beds.
(b) The stove.
(c) The chairs.
(d) The fridge.

15. What job did Riva take in order to stay at home with her brother?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Writing letters to soldiers.
(c) Sewing uniforms.
(d) Braiding rugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the landlady speak besides Polish?

2. What did Riva become at age 16?

3. How many children did Riva's mother have?

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

5. What was the name of the deaf and mute boy Riva helped, in Chapter 4?

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