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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Rifka's family members taken when they get ill?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A medical tent.
(c) A church.
(d) A clinic.

2. What is Rifka's last name?
(a) Walesa.
(b) Goscinski.
(c) Vosberg.
(d) Nebrot.

3. What disease does Rifka have?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Lyme Disease.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.

4. Why is Rifka's family stranded in Poland?
(a) Illness.
(b) Government orders.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) Broken train track.

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

6. How old is Rifka at the beginning of the book?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

7. What does Rifka do for a girl on the train to Warsaw?
(a) Gives her a roll.
(b) Fixes her hair.
(c) Holds her baby.
(d) Reads some poetry.

8. How does Rifka feel when she realizes that the item in #29 has been stolen from her rucksack?
(a) Humiliated.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Sad.
(d) Anxious.

9. Who is the only member of Rifka's family who does not get sick?
(a) Mama.
(b) Saul.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Papa.

10. A nurse throws a/an _____________ substance on Rifka and her mother.
(a) fumigation.
(b) exfoliating.
(c) paint-like.
(d) sunscreen.

11. Rifka writes her letter while on a train bound for which country?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Switzerland.

12. Where does Rifka's family stay while stranded in Poland?
(a) Papa's cousin's house.
(b) A church.
(c) A hotel.
(d) An inn.

13. What does Rifka note is missing when her rucksack is returned to her?
(a) The candlesticks.
(b) Her hair ribbons.
(c) Her book.
(d) Her good dress.

14. Rifka is the only one in the family who could pass for a Russian peasant _____________________.
(a) because of her sturdy legs.
(b) because of her ruddy complexion.
(c) because of her clothing.
(d) because of her blonde hair.

15. Why can Rifka not remember her older brothers in America?
(a) She lost their pictures.
(b) They left Russia before she was born.
(c) No one ever talks about them.
(d) They were killed in the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Rifka writing when the novel begins?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Rifka does at the hospital?

3. What do the women in Poland wear on their heads?

4. What color is Rifka's hair?

5. The Russian guards were searching for Nathan because ____________________.

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