Letters from Rifka Chapters 1-9

Front

Why did Rifka and her family escape Russia?

Back

Russian soldiers were coming to take her brothers.

Front

Why was it a good idea to have Rifka distract the guards?

Back

She had blond hair and blue eyes.

Front

Rifka, Mama, Papa, and Nathan were very sick in Poland with _______________________.

Back

typhus

Front

How did Rifka get ringworm?

Back

She fixed the hair of a girl on the train.

Front

Why was Rifka not allowed to go to America with her family?

Back

She had ringworm.

Front

What did Rifka love about Antwerp, Belgium?

Back

All of the above (the food, the kind people, the beautiful city)

Front

What is the name of the agency that helps Rifka?

Back

HIAS

Front

Where does Rifka need to go so she can heal from ringworm?

Back

Antwerp, Belgium

Front

Who is Rifka writing her letters to?

Back

Tovah

Front

Where are Rifka and her family going in order to escape Russia?

Back

to America