The Blackbird Girls Ch. 1-10

What does Rifka's mother tell her to hide away?

• her flute

• a book

• food

• money

What did Oksana keep hidden from her parents every year?

• report card

• empty pages from her notebook

• letters from her teacher

• money

What do the nurses think happened to Oksana's father?

• He's still working at the power station

• He's somewhere in the hospital

• He's caught under debris from the explosion

• He's on his way to Moscow

What type of medicine are Valentina and her mother taking every hour?

• Ibruprofen

• Vitamin C

• Calcium

• Iodine

What had her mother been doing while Valentina slept?

• packing

• trying to find her father

• warning her neighbors

• making breakfast

What did the woman say over the loudspeaker?

• that volunteers were needed at the power station

• they were going to evacuate people

• that everyone should stay inside

• that the fire at the station had been put out

What is the name of the device the doctors use to check people for radiation?

• thermometer

• octoscope

• radiographer

• dosimeter

Where did the doctors take Oksana's mother?

• to a bus

• to the hospital

• to Moscow

• to her apartment

Why doesn't Valentina's mother talk to her grandmother anymore?

• because she does dangerous things

• because they are in a fight

• because sending letters costs too much money

• because she doesn't know where she is

What did Valentina's father tell her mother to do if there was radiation poisoning?

• nothing, it was impossible

• to stay inside

• not to eat anything

• to stay low to the ground