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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Riva say to Nancy to reassure her?
(a) That the massacre could never happen again.
(b) That she is too young to worry about it.
(c) That all the Nazis are dead.
(d) That she would keep the light on.

3. How old was Riva in her recollection?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

4. What did Riva call the event she witnessed in Chapter 4?
(a) The horror train.
(b) The Caravan of Horror.
(c) The cattle train.
(d) The train of shame.

5. Who is Riva talking to at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Her daughter Nancy.
(b) Her daughter Sophia.
(c) Her son Joseph.
(d) Her son Yumlek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Riva's mother's name?

2. What did the men Riva overheard talk about?

3. What did Riva think after being separated from her cousin?

4. Where did Riva's family hide the youngest brother when the Germans came to their apartment?

5. What organization was formed, at the start of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Riva's brothers do for her?

2. What happened when the women were hungry, in Chapter 26?

3. How was Shmulek deceived, according to Chapter 12?

4. What did Yulek reveal to Riva, in Chapter 20?

5. What did SS Ghetto commander, Hans Biebow claim?

6. Who took Riva to a doctor and what was the diagnosis, according to Chapter 8?

7. What point did Riva make about a one-handed person?

8. What did Riva note about those who joined the Nazis?

9. Why did Riva refuse to take her letters and poetry with her?

10. What was Riva's new home like?

(see the answer keys)

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