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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Riva and others in her building receive, in Chapter 17?
(a) Two arm-loads of wood.
(b) Food coupons.
(c) Orders to clean their apartment.
(d) Orders to move.

2. What was Yulek's hope after discovering he was on the list?
(a) That the propaganda was true.
(b) That he could marry Riva.
(c) That he would die quickly.
(d) That he could escape.

3. Why were the women of Riva's group reserved toward Riva, in Chapter 18?
(a) Her name on the deportee list had been switched for someone else.
(b) She told the manager that one of the women she was working with stole some fabric.
(c) She was friends with a German soldier.
(d) She stole food from the common area.

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

5. How many lives did the the shop manager say he saved by his action?
(a) 9 lives.
(b) 5 lives.
(c) 2 lives.
(d) 3 lives.

6. What was Riva's brother Motele doing in Chapter 14?
(a) Building tools for the Jewish underground movement.
(b) Working in a factory.
(c) Being a lookout for men tearing down a building.
(d) Studying.

7. What was the name of the motherly neighbor Riva talked about?
(a) Mrs. Yumlek.
(b) Mrs. Hemshi.
(c) Mrs. Boruchowich.
(d) Mrs. Avner.

8. What list did Yulek discover he was on, in Chapter 20?
(a) The list of high skilled workers.
(b) A wanted list.
(c) The list for the draft.
(d) The list of teenagers to be deported.

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

10. Where was Riva's hiding place?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the outhouse.
(d) In the cellar.

11. Where did Riva arrive at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Sobibor.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Auschwitz.

12. What was Bund?
(a) A Nazi movement.
(b) A Jewish relocation agency.
(c) A propaganda office.
(d) An adult socialist movement.

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

14. Who did the coat in Chapter 19 belong to?
(a) A niece.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Riva.
(d) An uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday started in Chapter 15?

2. Who did Yulek want to bring with him?

3. What did the Ghetto commander tell the workers in Riva's shop?

4. What did Riva scream to Laibele?

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

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