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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the coat in Chapter 19 made into?
(a) A robe.
(b) A skirt.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A suit for Riva.

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

6. What did Yulek ask Riva to help him with?
(a) Packing.
(b) Escape.
(c) Moving to a new apartment.
(d) Hide.

7. What was the name of the boy that came to Riva's house in chapter 16?
(a) Yulek Schwartz.
(b) Yulek Hamsht.
(c) Henry Yuberg.
(d) Moshe Krako.

8. Who was the commander of the ghetto in which Riva's family was living?
(a) Henry Bolk.
(b) Henrish Ruber.
(c) Karl Eimster.
(d) Hans Biebow.

9. What area of the shop did the manager transfer Riva to?
(a) The sewing area.
(b) The assembly area.
(c) The cleaning area.
(d) The cutting area.

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

11. 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.

12. What holiday started in Chapter 15?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Pesach.
(c) Sukkot.
(d) Yum Kippur.

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

14. What did Riva note were banned?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Books.
(d) Clothes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Riva say there was a limit to?

2. Why did Riva refuse to take the letters she wrote with her?

3. Who did the coat in Chapter 19 belong to?

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

5. Why was Riva emotional over the apartment they were occupying in Chapter 17?

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