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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Riva and Laibele talking about at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) How to escape the ghetto.
(b) The war.
(c) Poems they learned as children.
(d) How to find food.

2. What did Riva do when they entered the "one room walk in"?
(a) She laughed.
(b) She fainted.
(c) She cried.
(d) She screamed.

3. What did Riva describe as being a "one room walk in"?
(a) Their new bedroom.
(b) The new Jewish Affairs office.
(c) Their new factory.
(d) Their new apartment.

4. How did Riva's brothers pay for the tailor in Chapter 19?
(a) With labor.
(b) With bread.
(c) With fruits.
(d) With gold.

5. Who did Yulek want to bring with him?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Riva.

6. What did the Ghetto commander tell the workers in Riva's shop?
(a) That they needed to work harder to ensure victory.
(b) That their skill was needed for the resettlement effort.
(c) That they needed to find their families.
(d) That they would be relocated within 2 weeks.

7. Why did Riva refuse to take the letters she wrote with her?
(a) They could be confiscated.
(b) They would be read.
(c) They were needed to tell the story of the ghetto.
(d) To give clues to their mother if she ever returned.

8. What sentence did Motele receive after being caught?
(a) Twelve days in jail.
(b) Deportation.
(c) Clean the outdoor toilet for two days.
(d) Death.

9. What tool did one of the men carry, according to Chapter 23?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A wood stove.
(c) A steel press.
(d) A hammer.

10. What was Riva's building to be used for?
(a) As a hospital.
(b) As a storage area.
(c) To hide escapees.
(d) To make firewood.

11. What was the Skif?
(a) The communist party.
(b) The resettlement association.
(c) The organization of socialist children.
(d) The Nazis party.

12. What was Riva reading with the man she said might have been more than a friend?
(a) The Torah.
(b) Poetry.
(c) A short story.
(d) A love novel.

13. What did Riva and her brother do the night before the end of the ghetto, according to Chapter 23?
(a) Play.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Talk.
(d) Pack.

14. Where did Riva start working, in Chapter 18?
(a) A pot factory.
(b) At a sewing factory.
(c) A tank repair depot.
(d) A steel mill.

15. Who took Riva away from Laibele's bedside?
(a) Mrs. Avner.
(b) Riva.
(c) Mrs. Gruber.
(d) Moishe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boy that came to Riva's house in chapter 16?

2. What holiday started in Chapter 15?

3. What did Riva use to stay in touch with former neighbors and friends?

4. Who did Riva start writing letters to in Chapter 16?

5. What list did Yulek discover he was on, in Chapter 20?

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