Rifka Quiz 1

1.Which one of the brothers escaped from the Army of Russia to warn his younger brother?

• Saul
• Issac
• Nathan
• Asher

2.What type of novel is this?

• Historical Fiction
• Autobiography
• Science Fiction

3.Who was Alexanader Pushkin?

• The tsar of Russia
• Rifka's grandfather
• A Russian poet

4.Which is the ONLY family member could pass as a Russian peasant and not as a Jewish person?

• Saul
• Tovah
• Nathan
• Rifka

5.What does Rifka discover when her rucksack is returned?

• She has ringworm.
• The fumigation put holes in her clothes.
• The candlesticks were missing.
• Her mother's locket had been stolen.

6. illness does Rifka come down with?

• Typhus
• Lameness
• Polio

7.Where does Saul find work to pay for the room he and Rifka rented?

• Sorting boxes
• An orange grove
• An apple orchard
• Sorting oranges

8.What happened to the food Rifka was saving for Saul?

• The innkeeper's daughter ate it.
• Mice ate it.
• The old man accused her of stealing his herring.
• She ate it herself out of hunger.

9.How did the Nebrots get money to come to America?

• The brothers in America sent it.
• They sold all of their belongings in Berdichev.
• Bubbe Ruth gave it to them.
• They borrowed it from Uncle Avrum.

10.What happens to the family's food money?

• An old man stole it from Rifka when she tried to buy an orange
• Rifka got swindled into buying an apple.
• Rifka gave it away.