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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rifka close her first letter to Tovah?
(a) Until we meet again.
(b) Shalom to you.
(c) Love.
(d) I miss you.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rifka says the guard speak ill of her family because ___________________.

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

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

4. What organization provides aid to Rifka's family in Warsaw?

5. Why is Rifka's family stranded in Poland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about why Rifka and her family had to leave Russia?

2. What disease is Rifka diagnosed with in Poland and what is her prognosis?

3. What does Rifka tell Tovah about her role in the family's escape plan?

4. Where is Rifka sent for her ringworm treatment and what organization is shepherding her through the process?

5. What causes Rifka to scratch her chest until she bleeds in the night?

6. How does Rifka spend her time at the hospital when she goes to see her family?

7. What happens when Mama, Papa and Nathan come down with typhus, and where do Rifka and Saul go?

8. What is Rifka doing as the novel opens?

9. How is life in Russia better for Tovah than it was for Rifka?

10. What kind deed does Rifka do for a girl on the train to Warsaw which will have negative repercussions for her?

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