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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Riva say did not get in or out of the ghetto in Chapter 21?
(a) Wood.
(b) Food.
(c) Information.
(d) Gold.

2. What did Riva realize after being comforted?
(a) They still had hopes and dreams.
(b) She needed to write.
(c) She wanted to escape.
(d) She wanted to die.

3. How old was Faygele in Chapter 16?
(a) 18 years old.
(b) 14 years old.
(c) 19 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

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

5. What did Riva scream to Laibele?
(a) Not to leave her.
(b) To come back home.
(c) To wait for her in heaven.
(d) To bring back food.

6. Why were the workers of Riva's shop enemies of Russia, according to the Ghetto commander?
(a) They were making ammunition.
(b) They were making weapons.
(c) They were Jewish.
(d) They sewed German uniforms.

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

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

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

10. Who did Riva start writing letters to in Chapter 16?
(a) God.
(b) Dead rabbis.
(c) Herself.
(d) Members of her family.

11. What happened to Laibele in springtime?
(a) He neared death.
(b) He stopped talking.
(c) He refused to eat anything.
(d) He got better.

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

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

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

15. Who was frightened in Yulek's apartment?
(a) Faygele.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Riva.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took Riva away from Laibele's bedside?

2. What was Yulek's hope after discovering he was on the list?

3. Who was the commander of the ghetto in which Riva's family was living?

4. What was Bund?

5. Who did Riva say she grew closer to, in Chapter 19?

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