"my heart knocking against my ribs," (meaning and type)
What is; heart was beating hard and fast and personification
100
What is the main conflict in the first entry?
What is... Rifka's family has to hide from the soldiers
200
A contagious itching skin disease occurring in small circular patches, caused by any of a number of fungi and affecting mostly the scalp or feet
What is ringworm
200
A Christian community under monastic vows, especially one of nuns
What is Convent
200
a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews form Friday evening to Saturday evening likely to spread infection
What is Sabbath
200
"... and they prowl the streets like frenzied wolves." (meaning and type)
What is; the cars were noisy and fast and simile
200
Karen Hesse, the author, uses the Pushkin passages throughout her story to:
What is... To show a parallel between the poetry and the storyline and give historical reference.
300
An empress of Russia
What is Czarina
300
marked by fast and nervous, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity
What is Frantically
300
To leave without intent to return
What is Deserts
300
"It is like biting off a little corner of heaven..." (meaning and type)
What is; it tastes very good and simile
300
Ilya repays Rifka's kindness to him by:
What is... showing her poetry to Mr. Fargate and thereby helping her gain her entry to the U.S.
400
To keep someone in official custody- to not allow to proceed forth
What is Detaining
400
someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
What is Ward of the State
400
an infectious disease characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines
What is Tyhpus
400
"The seas, which had seemed so gentle yesterday, rose like hungry beasts, mouths open, hovering and crashing over the sides of the ship." (meaning and type)
What is; that the terrible storm was like hungry beasts fighting and simile
400
What does Rifka mean when she says, "I couldn't live in Berdichev again. I have lived too much in the big world to go back to Berdichev."
What is... She has experienced too much of the world to be happy in their little village where hatred rules.
500
Aggressive Russian warriors that came about during the 17th and 18th centuries
What is Cossacks
500
An organized massacre of a specific minority group
What is Pogroms
500
a method of pest control that completely fills an area with pesticides to suffocate or poison the pests within
What is Fumigation
500
"Saying goodbye to Mama and Papa hurt in my chest the way it hurt when Saul held me underwater too long." (meaning and type)
What is; it was hard to say goodbye to her family and metaphor
500
List THREE reasons Rifka's family left Russia (you must list ALL three to get it correct)
What is...
1. So her brothers did not have to serve in the army
2. So her family can be together again
3. So the soldiers could not hurt her brothers for deserting the army