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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Rifka does at the hospital?
(a) Learns to speak Polish.
(b) Sing to the patients.
(c) Watch over her mama.
(d) Eat potatoes.

2. What items did Rifka carry in her rucksack?
(a) Candlesticks.
(b) Books.
(c) Silverware.
(d) Photographs.

3. What had Hannah given to Rifka before the family escaped?
(a) A shawl.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A coin purse.
(d) A hat.

4. Rifka recalls a time when Russian soldiers beat Papa because he would not give up his ____________.
(a) pipe.
(b) heater.
(c) candlesticks.
(d) boots.

5. What organization provides aid to Rifka's family in Warsaw?
(a) Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The Polish Embassy.
(d) Doctors Without Borders.

6. What is Rifka's prognosis according to the medical student?
(a) She will be better in a few days.
(b) She will be crippled for life.
(c) She will have bad scars.
(d) She will die.

7. What is the ultimate destination of Rifka and her family?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

8. Which of the following is NOT one of Rifka's older brothers living in America?
(a) Asher.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Reuben.
(d) Pieter.

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

10. 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.

11. Who is Rifka's uncle who helped her family escape?
(a) Uncle Andrick.
(b) Uncle Anastas.
(c) Uncle Avrum.
(d) Uncle Alexie.

12. What do the women in Poland wear on their heads?
(a) Berets.
(b) Shawls.
(c) Pillbox hats.
(d) Kerchiefs.

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

14. Rifka writes in her letter that her family has escaped from which country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Romania.
(d) China.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Russian guards use to search the train?

2. Who had made the undergarments Rifka wears?

3. Rifka has a nightmare that people are trying to steal _____________________.

4. Who is Rifka's grandmother?

5. How does Rifka feel about her brother, Saul?

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