Who did Rifka write letters to ?
Tovah
What disease did Rifka get in Motziv?
Typhus
Why did she go on the ship?
To go to America
What did they call the boy that doesn't eat?
Ilya
What did Rifka read that made her aloud to go into America?
She read her poems
Which one of Rifkas brothers did run away from the army?
Nathan
What disease did Rifka get from the Woman on the train?
Ringworm
Was it stormy on the ship? Yes or No
Yes
Why did the doctor not let her go in America?
She was bald and nobody would want to marry her.
Who's mother died from Typhus?
The polish baby
Who came to tell the guards that someone broke into his factory?
Uncle avrum
What gross thing did Rifka see on the train to Warsaw?
A woman breastfeeding a Baby
Who kissed Rifka?
Pieter
Who died?
the polish Baby
Name all the places Rifka went to.
Berdichev, Russia, Motziv, Warsaw, Belgium, Ellis Island
Why did not the guards kill Rifka?
She has blond hair and does not look like a jew
What did the Poland Guards make Rifka and her family do when they got to Poland?
The Poland guards made them get undressed
How did Pieter die?
He fell it into the sea and drowned.
What did Rifka give Saul and what for?
Money to buy Mama new candlesticks
What did Ilya do to be able to go into America?
He read from the Pushkin book
What did Rifka's family hide behind/in?
They hid behind hay bales and in box carts
What did the lady at HIAS suggest Rifka does
Stay with a Family in Antwerp
What did Rifka call the safety chambers?
Steerage
What did Rifka find out after her kerchief fell off
She had hair!
How Many Brothers does Rifka have and what are there names? (you may use the book)
5, Saul Nathan Reuben Asher Issac