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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 2 - October 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of Rifka's does Doctor Askin find highly valuable in Rifka?
(a) Dexterity.
(b) Tenacity.
(c) Humor.
(d) Compassion.

2. What is Rifka's hometown?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Spassk.
(c) Abinsk.
(d) Berchidev.

3. What does Rifka sleep in/on the first week she is at Ellis Island?
(a) A mat.
(b) A bunch of straw.
(c) A bed.
(d) A crib.

4. Who helps Rifka buy her ticket to America?
(a) Marie.
(b) Gaston.
(c) Sister Katrina.
(d) The lady from HIAS.

5. The HIAS lady in Antwerp took Rifka to a cowboy movie starring whom?
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Roy Rogers.
(c) Tom Mix.
(d) John Wayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Statue of Liberty holding up?

2. When Rifka gets the approval to go to America, she has been gone from Berdichev for how long?

3. Who is the nurse who is kind to Rifka at Ellis Island?

4. What has Rifka begun to write?

5. Why is Ilya silent in the interrogation room?

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