Letters from Rifka

When Rifka is distracting the guards she is faced with 2 types of conflict--

When she is afraid she may not be successful=​ (a)   ​

When she is face to face with the guards and telling them a story = (b)  

• character vs self

• character vs character

• character vs society

• character vs nature

What type of conflict is it when Rifka is denied passage on the ship to America?

• character vs character

• character vs society

• character vs

  self

• character vs nature

Match the following

• climax

• Rifka meets Peiter on the ship to America

• falling action

• Rifka packs all her belongings and Mama's candlesticks

• resolution

• Isaac goes to get his car to take Rifka home

• exposition

• Rifka reminds Dr. Fargate how clever she is and how much she has helped others

• rising action

• Rifka wants to starting writing her own poetry.

Match the following

• People cannot be trusted.

• Rifka takes care of others while Mama is visiting.

• She feels stuck & scared on Ellis Island

• Rifka says that tall buildings are blocking her way to America.

• Rifka is developing as a character.

• Rifka is accused of stealing an orange.

• Learns people can be kind.

• Rifka meets the milkman

• Rifka is maturing.

• Rifka realizes people can be kind.

During her last few days at the hospital, why does Rifka worry she will not be allowed in America?

• She gets typhus from the Polish baby.

• Her family has forgotten her.

• She has helped Ilya instead of taking care of herself.

• Rifka's head has been itching and she believes the ringworm has come back.

What type of figurative language is used in the following quote?

"Tovah, I loved the words that sprang from your lips." (Hesse 58-59)

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

What home country is Rifka's family escaping from?

• Poland

• Russia/Ukraine

Why did Rifka have to distract the guards at the train station?

• Only she could pass for Russian so her family could escape.

• So Saul could see that someone thought she was pretty

Why does Rifka get left behind in Warsaw?

• She has contracted ringworm from the girl she helped on the train.

• The innkeeper's daughter called her a thief.

How does Rifka describe her physical features?

• She has dark hair and brown eyes.

• She has dark hair and violet eyes.

• She has blond hair and blue eyes.

• She has auburn hair and green eyes.