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

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country are Rifka and her family fleeing from?

a)

Russia

b)

England

c)

Ireland

d)

France

2.

Rifka writes to her ________, Tovah.

a)

sister

b)

friend

c)

aunt

d)

cousin

3.

The Russian soldiers are looking for:

a)

Rifka

b)

Nathan

c)

Tovah

d)

a farmer

4.

"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)

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

5.

What does Tovah give to Rifka before the famliy escapes?

a)

shoes

b)

a book

c)

a coat

d)

food

6.

"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)

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

7.

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

a)

her clothing

b)

her height

c)

her blonde hair and blue eyes

d)

her hands

8.

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

a)

Saul

b)

Nathan

c)

Tovah

d)

Uncle Avrum

9.

Where is Rifka writing her letters?

a)

on blank paper from her ruksack

b)

in the pages of her Pushkin book

c)

on the walls of the railcar

d)

in a blank journal she brough with her

10.

Where is the train taking Rifka and her family?

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Russia

d)

Germany