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Why did the guards at the train yard not think Rifka was Jewish?

• She carried a rucksack.

• She was very short.

• She was talkative.

• She had blond hair and blue eyes.

Why did Rifka and her family flee from Russia?

• They were very poor and needed new jobs.

• They wanted to be adventurous and sail to America.

• Russian soldiers were coming to take her brothers.

• Rifka had ringworm.

When Rifka distracted the Russian guards as her family hid in train cars, this showed that she was ____________.

• scared

• brave

• educated

• shy

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

• flu

• ringworm

• strep throat

• typhus

How did Rifka get ringworm?

• She braided the hair of a Polish peasant girl in the train.

• She had to live in dirty conditions in Warsaw.

• Saul had it and gave it to her.

• She helped take care of the baby in the hospital ward.

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

• She had typhus.

• The government thought no one would ever marry her.

• She had ringworm.

• She had lost her mother's candlesticks.

What did Rifka love about Antwerp, Belgium?

• The food! Bananas, chocolate, ice cream....

• The kind people

• The beautiful city

• All of the above

Rifka hated the busy city with rushing cars, people who discriminated against Jewish immigrants, and the man who took all of her money for an orange. Which city was it?

• Antwerp, Belgium

• Warsaw, Poland

• Berdichev, Russia

• New York City, New York

When Rifka wrote to Tovah, she often wrote about wanting to be ______________.

• taller

• clever

• older

• prettier

When Rifka was finally able to sail to America, what tragic event occurred?

• Rifka lost her Pushkin book in the storm.

• Pieter was swept overboard and died during the storm.

• She was told Mama had died of typhus.

• She had to go below deck because she was Jewish.