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Historical Fiction
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saliva; spit
What is spittle
100
The main character in Letters from Rifka
Who is Rifka Nebrot?
100
What country did Rifka's family have to leave?
What is the Ukraine?
100
Why did Rifka have to distract the guards?
She looked Russian with her blue eyes and blonde hair, and she spoke Russian without an accent.
100
True or false; Letters from Rifka is based on karen Hesse's great-aunt Lucy's life.
What is TRUE.
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man-made narrow river
What is a canal
200
Rifka wrote all her letters to this person.
Who is Tovah?
200
Which country did the have to get fumigated in?
What is Poland?
200
Why did Rifka's family have to leave the Ukraine?
Rifka's brother, Nathan, left the Russian army and if the army found him, they would kill him or his family.
200
What is the name of the group of people in Eastern Europe that were being discriminated in this book?
What is the Jewish people?
300
A prayer shawl
What is a tallis
300
Rifka lived with this person when her parents were in the hospital with typhus.
Who is Saul?
300
What country does Rifka's family leave her alone in?
What is Belguim?
300
Why did the guards order Rifka's family off the train in Poland?
They made people entering Poland take off their clothes and they had to be fumigated for diseases.
400
A massacre of Jewish people
What is a pogrom
400
When rifka lived in Belgium, who gave her treatments for her ringworm?
Who is Sister Katrina?
400
What is the name of the town Rifka is from?
What is Berdichev?
400
Rifka's family had to stay in Poland longer than they wanted. What happened to delay their journey?
The family got sick with typhus. Papa and Mama ended up in the hospital and Saul had to take care of Rifka.
400
The symbol for the Jewish religion.
What is a Star of David?
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A rite of passage
What is an entertainment establishment (club)
500
When Rifka lived in Belguim, she lived with this couple.
Who are Mr. and Mrs. Gaston?
500
What is the name of the Belguim town Rifka stays in?
What is Antwerp?
500
What happened to Rifka at the market place in Motziv?
She tried to buy an orange and the vendor took all her family's food money.
500
Rifka is learning to speak what language in Belguim?
What is Flemish?