Letters from Rifka
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is one possible theme for Letters From Rifka?
It is better to be pretty than brave and clever.
You can overcome difficulties if you are clever, brave, and hopeful.
Being kind doesn't help you overcome difficulties, just thinking about your own needs does.
Taking risks is dangerous. It is better to play it safe.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When Rifka distracted the Russian guards as her family hid in train cars, this showed that she was ____________.
scared
brave
educated
shy
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who gave Rifka the Pushkin book that she writes her letters in?
Cousin Tovah
Bubbe Ruth
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RL.3.10
CCSS.RL.4.10
CCSS.RL.5.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which phrase best describes Rifka’s relationship with Tovah?
competitive and jealous
friendly but distant
warm and loving
cold and uncaring
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
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