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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What amazes the passenger's on Rifka's ship as they pull into the harbor?
(a) The Statue of Liberty.
(b) The tall buildings.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) All the ships in the harbor.

2. What is the line between being in America, and not being in America?
(a) New York Harbor.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) A steamship.

3. How long did the broken steamship drift until help arrived?
(a) Days.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Hours.
(d) Months.

4. Who is the couple who has taken Rifka into their home in Belgium?
(a) Gerard and Marie.
(b) Phillippe and Cecile.
(c) Gaston and Marie.
(d) Maurice and Gabrielle.

5. Why does Sister Katrina urge Rifka to get out of her room sometimes?
(a) To learn the language.
(b) To get some exercise.
(c) To get a job.
(d) To get some culture.

6. What does Rifka worry about while on board the ship?
(a) Being lonesome.
(b) Getting seasick.
(c) Having her money stolen.
(d) Storms.

7. Rifka recalls that her cousins gave her _______________ for her ninth birthday.
(a) writing paper.
(b) a shawl.
(c) a doll.
(d) hair ribbons.

8. How old is Pieter?
(a) 17.
(b) 22.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

9. What is the only reason Rifka goes outside in Belgium?
(a) To go ice skating.
(b) To go to temple.
(c) To go to the market.
(d) To go to her treatments.

10. What does the person in #73 teach Rifka regarding hygiene?
(a) How to scrub her nails.
(b) How to wash her hair.
(c) How to brush her teeth.
(d) How to wash her clothes.

11. What language does the HIAS lady in Antwerp tutor Rifka in?
(a) Flemish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Dutch.

12. What is Rifka wearing as she arrives in America?
(a) A black velvet hat.
(b) A blue coat.
(c) New leather boots.
(d) A pink dress.

13. How does Pieter die?
(a) He has typhus.
(b) He is hit by a falling mast.
(c) He drowns during a storm.
(d) He gets food poisoning.

14. When will Rifka truly be an American?
(a) When she gets a job.
(b) When she leaves Ellis Island.
(c) When she takes a citizenship class.
(d) When she is registered in school.

15. Who is the sailor with whom Rifka makes friends on the ship?
(a) Gregor.
(b) Alexi.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Mama and Papa work in America?

2. Who does the man in #81 remind Rifka of?

3. Who is the nun who gives Rifka her treatments?

4. How does Rifka get to America after the ship is disabled?

5. What is notable about the big man Rifka sees in a cafe?

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