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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 2 - February 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Russian guards were searching for Nathan because ____________________.
(a) he broke out of prison.
(b) he stole from a bread vendor.
(c) he escaped from the army.
(d) he damaged property in a bar fight.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe what Rifka sees in Poland, which is just like her hometown in Russia?
(a) Flower boxes on windowsills.
(b) Bony fences.
(c) Patchy roads.
(d) Crooked cottages.

3. What kind of fruit does Rifka buy from the vendor at the steamship dock?
(a) Orange.
(b) Apple.
(c) Pear.
(d) Cherries.

4. Rifka carried a book written by which Russian poet?
(a) Akhmatova.
(b) Pasternak.
(c) Pushkin.
(d) Tolstoy.

5. "Letters from Rifka" begins in September of what year?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Saul find a place for him and Rifka to stay?

2. Who had made the undergarments Rifka wears?

3. A nurse throws a/an _____________ substance on Rifka and her mother.

4. Who is the only member of Rifka's family who does not get sick?

5. What is the name of the town where Rifka's family is stranded in Poland?

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