The Blessing Cup

How did Anna's mother come to have the beautiful china tea set?

• Anna's grandmother sent it to her a few days after Anna's birth.

• She rescued it from a burning church, and the pastor gave it to her.

• A poor family gave her the set in payment for the milk she delivered.

• It was discovered inside a big wooden crate while she was in her village.

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What did Aunt Rebecca write about those who drank from the tea set?

• Their homes would be filled with gold and precious gems.

• Their lives would always have flavor.

• God would appear to them in the form of a beggar.

• They would never know serious illness.

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Why did Ann's papa proclaim that the family was "richer than kings"?

• They had each other.

• The czar had hired papa as a tailor.

• All ten children were smart.

• Their farm brought them much money.

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Before hearing about the czar's order, Papa learned that-

• Rabbi Weismantle had been killed.

• his shop had been destroyed.

• the temple was in flames.

• Magda was burning up with fever.

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What did Anna's family do on the first night of their flight from Russia?

• They tied their animals to a stable near Minsk and left them behind.

• They sold Papa's sewing machine for food money.

• They hid the china tea set in the basement of Papa's old shop.

• They stayed in a cold barn with other refugees.

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What happened on the outskirts of a new town on the journey?

• A Russian soldier accused Anna of stealing food.

• Anna's mother gave birth to a baby boy.

• The wheel on the cart gave way, and the cart fell on Anna's leg.

• Papa collapsed, and Anna's mother went to find a doctor.

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At the doctor's fine home, Anna's mother bowed and announced she would-

• work in the doctor's clinic as a nurse.

• hand-wash all the Persian rugs in the doctor's home.

• remember the doctor in her daily prayers all the rest of her life.

• make good food for the group to eat.

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How did the doctor specifically help Anna?

• He treated her breathing problems with medicine.

• He gave her lessons on the grand piano.

• He taught her to spell and read words.

• He fitted her with a pair of spectacles.

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Anna's mother left most of the tea set for Dr. Pushkin after he-

• took the family to Poland so they could hide in his brother's house.

• gave the family his gold coin collection.

• arranged for the family's trip to America.

• saved Magda's life when she was choking on a piece of bread.

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The Blessing Cup broke into two pieces when-

• the San Francisco Bay Area experienced a strong earthquake.

• the wind blew it off Anna's mother's grave at her burial.

• Magda dropped it during the long journey to America.

• Uncle Genya filled it with holy water in the church.

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