Letters From Rifka Review

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.

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

• scared

• brave

• educated

• shy

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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.

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The details written by the author about the train yard scene created a suspenseful tone. What mood does this tone make the reader feel?

• adventurous

• curious

• relaxed

• scared

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Tone is created by the ____________________.

• reader

• editor

• author

• characters

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

• flu

• ringworm

• strep throat

• typhus

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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.

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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.

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What did Rifka love about Antwerp, Belgium?

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

• The kind people

• The beautiful city

• All of the above

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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

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