Rifka--Letter 1 (p.1-15)

What country are Rifka and her family fleeing from?

• Russia

• England

• Ireland

• France

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Rifka writes to her ________, Tovah.

• sister

• friend

• aunt

• cousin

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

The Russian soldiers are looking for:

• Rifka

• Nathan

• Tovah

• a farmer

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

"I stood alone outside a boxcar, my heart knocking against my ribs." This quote from the novel is an example of what type of figurative language? (p.2)

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Tovah give to Rifka before the famliy escapes?

• shoes

• a book

• a coat

• food

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

"Soon enough they will swoop down like vultures to pick our house bare," Mama said. This quote from the book is an example of what type of figurative language? (p.5)

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What makes Rifka look different that the Jews the soldiers are looking for?

• her clothing

• her height

• her blonde hair and blue eyes

• her hands

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who got the attention of the Russian soldiers when they were questioning Rifka?

• Saul

• Nathan

• Tovah

• Uncle Avrum

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Where is Rifka writing her letters?

• on blank paper from her ruksack

• in the pages of her Pushkin book

• on the walls of the railcar

• in a blank journal she brough with her

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Where is the train taking Rifka and her family?

• France

• Poland

• Russia

• Germany

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9