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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Riva think after being separated from her cousin?
(a) That the Soviets were monsters.
(b) That the house was going to collapse.
(c) That the soldiers were well dressed.
(d) That she was going to die.

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

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

4. What were the people of the ghetto encouraged to do?
(a) Accept relocation.
(b) Stay inside the ghetto.
(c) Try to escape.
(d) Join the army.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What question did Nancy ask her mother?
(a) Why they didn't have food growing up.
(b) Why the Nazis invaded Poland.
(c) Why the Nazis were allowed to kill so many people.
(d) Why her mother had trouble sleeping.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Riva's siblings trade for bread on the black market?

2. How old was Riva in her recollection?

3. What did Riva become at age 16?

4. What did the landlady's grandson wear when he pounded on the door?

5. Riva's conversation with her daughter, stirred memories for Riva about what year?

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