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- 1. Multiple Choice
Name the first camp that Riva is taken to.
Auschwitz
Mittelsteine
Grafenort
Grossrose
- 2. Multiple Choice
What happens to Mrs. Boruchowich (Rifkele's mom)?
She stays with Rifkele the entire time.
She is separated from Rifkele.
She stays in Lodz.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What happens to the hair of the prisoners in Auschwitz?
It gets washed.
It is braided.
It is shaven.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What do Rifkele and Riva switch?
pants
shoes
glasses
petticoats (blouses)
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did Rifkele and Riva switch their petticoats?
Rifkele's was way too short for her.
They liked the colors of the other's petticoat.
The Nazi guard said to.
- 6. Multiple Choice
How does Rifkele respond when Riva switches her petticoat?
"Easy come, easy go."
"I hate those Nazis."
"We still have pride."
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who said that the prisoners will end up in smoke?
Riva
Rifkele
A voice from a bullhorn
the guard
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who does Rifkele meet at Auschwitz?
Motele
Laibele
Mama
Tola
- 9. Multiple Choice
What food do the prisoners stampede to get at Auschwitz?
crackers
soup
bread
coffee
- 10. Multiple Choice
What makes Riva feel like an animal?
riding in a cattle car
having a shaven head
sleeping in a barrack
going to the bathroom in a group
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who are kapos?
Dogs of the commandant
Nazi guards who take orders
prisoners that Nazis put in charge of other prisoners
- 12. Multiple Choice
What might a kapo do?
turn a garden hose full blast on a group of prisoners
beat other prisoners
follow commands of the Nazi guards
All of the other choices
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where is Doctor Ginzburg from?
London, England
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
Lodz, Poland
- 14. Multiple Choice
When the camp was being bombed, Dr. Ginzburg said the bombs are _____.
Scary, and they should hide under their bunks
The sounds of freedom.
Nothing to worry about
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who does Dr. Ginzburg feel sorry for? Why?
Kapos because they are one of us.
Kapos becuase the are Nazis
Rifkele because she lost her mother.
Riva because she lost her mother.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who is Riva searching for in Auschwitz?
Mala
Yankele
Mama
Laibele
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why is Riva "blind" at Auschwitz?
The Nazis threw hot soup in her eyes.
The Nazis threw chemicals in her eyes.
She lost her glasses.
She has to give up her glasses.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which is spiritual resistance?
singing
writing and reading
praying
All of the choices
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the camp after Auschwitz the prisoners are brought to?
Suttgart
Grossrosen
Grafenort
Mittlesteine
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who is the camp elder of Mittlesteine?
Rifkele
Helen
Tola
Faige
- 21. Multiple Choice
T/F: The camp elder, Helen, is a Nazi.
True
False
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is the name of Madame Commandant's dog?
Hercules
Fritz
Bruiser
He didn't have a name
- 23. Multiple Choice
One of Helen's first jobs as camp elder was to _____.
cook for the commandant
whip Riva
assign the prisoners numbers
cook dinner for the Nazi guards
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why isn't Riva allowed to work the machine at the factory?
She can't see.
She is too small.
They were out of machines.
There weren't enough supplies.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What job does Riva get instead of working on the machines?
making an underground shelter for the Nazis
cooking
cleaning the barracks
the commandant's assistant
- 26. Multiple Choice
A slave laborer from ______ explains to Riva how to build the underground shelter.
England
Poland
Russia
France
- 27. Multiple Choice
As they pass the buckets in the underground shelter, the prisoners hum the national anthem of ____.
England
Poland
Russia
France
- 28. Multiple Choice
Who gives Riva a brown bag?
Rosa
the commandant
Rifkele
Tola
- 29. Multiple Choice
What does Riva do with the brown bags?
carries her lunch in them
uses them for gloves
puts them in her shoes
writes poetry on them
- 30. Multiple Choice
Where does Rosa get the pencil?
She steals it off of the foreman's desk.
She asks the foreman for it.
She had it the whole time.
She asked the commandant for it.
- 31. Multiple Choice
Faige and Chane are ______.
sisters
friends
cousins
twins
- 32. Multiple Choice
What do Faige and Chane steal?
crusts of bread from the garbage
bread from a Nazi soldier
coffee from the commandant
potato skins from the garbage
- 33. Multiple Choice
What is the immediate punishment for stealing the potato skins?
Faige has to whip Chane.
They are sent to Grossrosen.
They are sent back to Auschwitz.
- 34. Multiple Choice
What happens to Faige as she whips Chane?
She goes crazy and speaks to God.
She goes crazy and speaks to her father.
She goes crazy and speaks to her mother.
- 35. Multiple Choice
Who feels that Riva's poems speak for all of them?
Dr. Ginzburg
Helen
Rifkele
Tola
- 36. Multiple Choice
During what holiday do the prisoners sing songs in their barracks?
Hanukkah
Christmas
Rosh Hashanah
- 37. Multiple Choice
Mittelsteine's camp doctor was ___.
A doctor from Lodz
A doctor from France
A medical student from Budapest
A medical student from Russia
- 38. Multiple Choice
What is Riva sick with in Mittelsteine?
the flu.
pneumonia
she has an infection from a cut from a bucket
gallbladder attack
- 39. Multiple Choice
How long are the prisoners allowed to stay in the sick room?
1 day
2 days
3 days
4 days
- 40. Multiple Choice
Where does the camp doctor persuade the commandant that Riva should go?
a hospital in Russia
a hospital in Berlin
a hospital in Lodz
a hospital in Glatz
- 41. Multiple Choice
According to the camp doctor, why is it so important that Riva gets help?
Riva is very strong
The commandant knew Riva's mother
her poetry is important for the morale of the others
- 42. Multiple Choice
As Riva walks to the hospital in Glatz, she is taken by the Nazi soldier named ____.
Helen
Lotta
Karola
Rosa
- 43. Multiple Choice
Where must Riva walk as she walks to Glatz?
on the sidewalk
next to non-Jews
in the gutter
- 44. Multiple Choice
T/F: The non-Jews are very friendly and comforting to Riva as she walks to the hospital.
True
False
- 45. Multiple Choice
Who is bombing when Dr. Ginzburg calls them "the sound of freedom?"
the Nazis
the Allies
- 46. Multiple Choice
T/F Riva is helped at the first hospital that they work at.
True
False
- 47. Multiple Choice
How does the doctor in Glatz help Riva?
she amputates her hand
she operates on her hand
- 48. Multiple Choice
Doctor Anna (Mittelsteine) and Doctor Katia (First Aid Office) are Jews.
True
False
- 49. Multiple Choice
For which holiday must the prisoners perform for the commandant and the Nazi officers?
Easter
Passover
Hannukah
Christmas
- 50. Multiple Choice
Who/what is Riva's poem about that she reads during the show?
Christmas
Hannukah
Mama
Laibele
- 51. Multiple Choice
Who/what is Karola's poem about that she reads during the show?
Christmas
Her family
Slaves getting revenge on their captors
Hannukah
- 52. Multiple Choice
What does the commandant give to Riva?
a notebook
a pencil
extra food
coffee
- 53. Multiple Choice
Why does the commandant give Riva a notebook?
The camp doctor pleaded with her to do it.
She knew that she was running out of paper bags.
She realizes that she hasn't killed the prisoners' spirits.
- 54. Multiple Choice
The commandant is in charge of which camp?
Auschwitz
Mittlesteine
Grefenort
Grossrosen
- 55. Multiple Choice
How are Riva and the other prisoners freed?
Nazi soldiers were drunk and let them go.
The commandant feels guilty and lets them go.
The Nazi guards run away because the Russians are coming.
- 56. Multiple Choice
How does the Russian officer react when he sees Riva and the other prisoners?
He hugs the girls.
He said, "You are the first people that I have found alive."
Once the prisoners are out, he burns down the barracks.
- 57. Multiple Choice
What does Riva take with her as she leaves Mittlesteine?
Her notebook
A suitcase full of new clothes
Her glasses
- 58. Multiple Choice
What happened to Riva's family's pictures?
They were displayed on the wall of the apartment.
They were in a box in the closet.
They were in the secret library.
They were thrown away.
- 59. Multiple Choice
When Riva returns to Lodz, how is she treated by the woman who has taken over their apartment?
The woman welcomes Riva in for tea.
She hugs Riva and gives her back her belongings.
She asks Riva why she came back.
- 60. Multiple Choice
Originally who said, "As long as there is life, there is hope."
Mama
camp doctor
Dr. Katia
Mrs. Gruber
- 61. Multiple Choice
When Riva is in the hospital in Glatz, an air raid happens. A woman takes out her knitting. This shows, ___.
she is often cold
she is used to air raids
she is afraid of air raids
- 62. Multiple Choice
What is a circular ending?
a story that has a mysterious ending
a story that has no ending
a story that ends where it begins
- 63. Multiple Choice
Why is Helen chosen as the camp elder of Mittelsteine?
She is the oldest.
Her sister did it the week before.
She has no family to steal for.
She is very strong.
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