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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rifka's family head once everyone is well and out of the hospital?

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

3. Rifka recalls a time when Russian soldiers beat Papa because he would not give up his ____________.

4. What is Rifka's last name?

5. What disease does Rifka have that prevents her from getting a ticket to America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why will the steamship company not sell a ticket to Rifka for passage to America?

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

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

6. What is Saul's advice for preventing the innkeeper's daughter from eating her food in the future?

7. How does Rifka try to repay Saul for the food he earns for them?

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

9. What is Uncle Avrum's role in helping Rifka's family escape on the train?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the irony of Rifka's beautiful blond hair distracting the guards so that her family can be safe, but how her own life is in jeopardy when she loses her hair from illness.

Essay Topic 2

Write a character sketch of Nathan. Be sure to include both physical and emotional characteristics as well as personal motivations, fears, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of Saul. Be sure to include both physical and emotional characteristics as well as personal motivations, fears, etc.

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