Multiple Choice
1. Who is Riva talking to at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Her daughter Sophia.
(b) Her son Yumlek.
(c) Her son Joseph.
(d) Her daughter Nancy.
2. What was Riva dreading, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Going outside.
(b) Going to sleep.
(c) Looking people in the eye.
(d) Taking the car.
3. What made Nancy sad?
(a) She did not have grandparents.
(b) She did not have a brother.
(c) She did not have a dad.
(d) She did not have friends.
4. What question did Nancy ask her mother?
(a) Why the Nazis were allowed to kill so many people.
(b) Why the Nazis invaded Poland.
(c) Why they didn't have food growing up.
(d) Why her mother had trouble sleeping.
5. What did Riva say to Nancy to reassure her?
(a) That all the Nazis are dead.
(b) That the massacre could never happen again.
(c) That she is too young to worry about it.
(d) That she would keep the light on.
6. Riva's conversation with her daughter, stirred memories for Riva about what
year?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.
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7. Where did Riva spend her childhood?
(a) Lodz.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Lublin.
(d) Krakow.
8. What holiday was Riva's mother preparing for, in her memory of her
childhood?
(a) Yum Kippur.
(b) Sukkot.
(c) Pesach.
(d) Hanukkah.
9. Who was Riva's family's landlady?
(a) Mrs. Meister.
(b) Mrs. Gruber.
(c) Mrs. Ham.
(d) Mrs. Henrich.
10. What was Riva's mother's name?
(a) Yaka.
(b) Yuma.
(c) Nera.
(d) Nacha.
11. What was the name of the grandson of Riva's family's landlady?
(a) Paul.
(b) Henry.
(c) Harry.
(d) John.
12. How old was Riva in her recollection?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.
13. What language did the landlady speak besides Polish?
(a) German.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) English.
(d) French.
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14. What was Riva's mother's marital status?
(a) Widowed.
(b) Single.
(c) Married.
(d) Divorced.
15. How many children did Riva's mother have?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.
16. What did Riva's mother do for a living?
(a) She had run a taxi company.
(b) She had run a tailor factory.
(c) She had run a food stand.
(d) She had run a cleaning service.
17. What school did Riva and her siblings attend?
(a) They had been home schooled.
(b) Public Schools.
(c) They didn't go to school.
(d) Private schools.
18. Where did the men Riva overheard gather?
(a) In a bar.
(b) Under a large oak tree.
(c) Near a river.
(d) In Temple.
19. What did the men Riva overheard talk about?
(a) The war and the world situation.
(b) How to escape to England.
(c) The price of food.
(d) How to keep their families safe.
20. What was Riva's family's landlady's grandson accused of being?
(a) A Jew.
(b) A spy.
(c) A Catholic.
(d) A Communist.
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21. What organization was formed, at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) The Nazi party.
(b) The Communist party.
(c) The Volksdeutsche.
(d) The Worker's Union.
22. What did the people joining the new organization wear?
(a) Swastikas.
(b) Black coats.
(c) Brown shirts.
(d) Top hats.
23. Who joined the new organization?
(a) Mr. Yemush.
(b) Mrs. Gruber and Harry.
(c) Riva.
(d) Riva's brothers.
24. What did the landlady's grandson wear when he pounded on the door?
(a) A payot.
(b) A dress.
(c) A Nazi uniform.
(d) A Communist uniform.
25. What did the landlady's grandson tell Riva?
(a) That he would protect her family from persecution.
(b) That the rent was going to go up.
(c) That they had to vacate the apartment.
(d) That they needed to hide.
26. What happened to Riva's family's apartment?
(a) It was used as a hiding spot for Jews.
(b) It was raided by Nazis.
(c) It was burned.
(d) It was foreclosed on.
27. What did Riva's mother plead for the landlady to leave?
(a) The stove.
(b) The beds.
(c) The fridge.
(d) The chairs.
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28. What was the name of Riva's cousin, according to Chapter 4?
(a) Yeba.
(b) Mecha.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Saba.
29. How old was Riva's cousin when they lived in Poland?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 13 years old.
(d) 14 years old.
30. When did Riva and her cousin go to the post office, according to Chapter 4?
(a) March 1940.
(b) May 1940.
(c) April 1940.
(d) April 1939.
31. What were the Jews forced to wear in 1940?
(a) A green rectangle.
(b) A red circle.
(c) A yellow star.
(d) A blue hat.
32. What separated Riva and her cousin?
(a) A column of German soldiers headed for the front.
(b) An attack by Germans on Jews.
(c) A bomb run by the Soviets.
(d) A fire in one of the houses.
33. What did Riva think after being separated from her cousin?
(a) That the soldiers were well dressed.
(b) That the house was going to collapse.
(c) That she was going to die.
(d) That the Soviets were monsters.
34. Why was the man Riva saw attacked by Germans?
(a) He tried to touch a German.
(b) He tried to take a gun on the floor.
(c) He tried to flee.
(d) He tried to help a Jewish pregnant woman.
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35. What was the name of the deaf and mute boy Riva helped, in Chapter 4?
(a) Abram.
(b) Yumlek.
(c) Markus.
(d) Joseph.
36. What happened to the men the Germans harassed?
(a) They were taken to a local factory to work.
(b) They were put in trucks and brought to work on a bridge.
(c) They were shot.
(d) They were taken in trains and never came back.
37. What did Riva call the event she witnessed in Chapter 4?
(a) The horror train.
(b) The train of shame.
(c) The Caravan of Horror.
(d) The cattle train.
38. Where were Riva and her family living a month after the events of Chapter 4?
(a) In Auschwitz.
(b) In the Krakow ghetto.
(c) In the Warsaw ghetto.
(d) In the Lodz ghetto.
39. How many siblings was Riva living with in the ghetto?
(a) 2 siblings.
(b) 5 siblings.
(c) 6 siblings.
(d) 3 siblings.
40. What did the marchers described in Chapter 5 demand of the leaders of the
ghetto?
(a) Food and work.
(b) Running water and food.
(c) Wood and clothes.
(d) Better hygiene.
41. What amenities were eliminated shortly after the creation of the ghetto?
(a) Schools and the hospital.
(b) The pool and the theater.
(c) The soup kitchen and the local garden.
(d) Schools, soup kitchens, and a hospital.
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42. What did Riva's younger brother contract when he was 13?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Meningitis.
(d) Tuberculosis.
43. What did workers get for their labor?
(a) Clothes.
(b) A ration of food.
(c) Freedom points.
(d) Some wood.
44. What did some children create in the ghetto?
(a) Trading groups.
(b) Food scavenger groups.
(c) Play groups.
(d) Secret study groups.
45. What was Riva's job in the ghetto?
(a) Making steel pots.
(b) Making ammunition.
(c) Sewing German uniforms.
(d) Sewing flags.
46. In what year does Chapter 6 begin?
(a) September 1942.
(b) September 1943.
(c) September 1940.
(d) September 1941.
47. What were the people of the ghetto encouraged to do?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Stay inside the ghetto.
(c) Accept relocation.
(d) Try to escape.
48. What did the propaganda tell the inhabitants of the ghetto?
(a) That they could create their own country.
(b) That they would be safe from the Soviets.
(c) That they could have access to public gardens.
(d) That those who leave will have hospital access.
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49. Where did Riva's family hide the youngest brother when the Germans came to
their apartment?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In the pantry.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the cellar.
50. Why did the Germans take Riva's mother away?
(a) Because she was wanted.
(b) Because she didn't have a job.
(c) Because they said she was sick.
(d) Because they had to fill they quotas.
51. What did Riva become at age 16?
(a) A student.
(b) Mother of three.
(c) A factory worker.
(d) A member of the Volksdeutsche.
52. What job did Riva take in order to stay at home with her brother?
(a) Sewing uniforms.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Braiding rugs.
(d) Writing letters to soldiers.
53. What did Riva's siblings trade for bread on the black market?
(a) A banana.
(b) An orange.
(c) A tangerine.
(d) An apple.
54. Who brought Riva to the doctor after she fell ill?
(a) Moishe.
(b) Saba.
(c) Meibele.
(d) Mrs. Gruber.
55. What vitamin did Riva's siblings trade on the black market to help Riva?
(a) Great-vita.
(b) Vigantol.
(c) Vitalop.
(d) Vita-mine.
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56. What did the Child Welfare Department worker tell Riva?
(a) That she had to get a job.
(b) That she could apply for financial aid.
(c) That they could not live alone.
(d) That they had to take her away.
57. What did Riva agree on in order to adopt her brothers?
(a) To get a job.
(b) To work from home only.
(c) To give up any privilege of being a child.
(d) To work for the Child Welfare Department.
58. What was the name of the young man that came to Riva's house in search of
his family?
(a) Shmulek.
(b) Yahim.
(c) Yulek.
(d) Henry.
59. Where did the young man that came to Riva's house in search of his family
stay?
(a) Riva's place.
(b) Henry's place.
(c) The steel factory.
(d) The outdoor bathroom.
60. How many were released by mistake from the prison camp?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.
61. What were Riva and Laibele talking about at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) Poems they learned as children.
(b) How to escape the ghetto.
(c) How to find food.
(d) The war.
62. Why did the story Riva and Laibele talked about sound happy?
(a) Because they were ending happily.
(b) Because they were in Yiddish.
(c) Because they were told by their mother.
(d) Because they lived in a happy home.
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63. What did Riva suggest she and her two brother do to keep warm?
(a) Turn the central heat on.
(b) Light a fire.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Open a window.
64. What was Riva's brother Motele doing in Chapter 14?
(a) Studying.
(b) Building tools for the Jewish underground movement.
(c) Being a lookout for men tearing down a building.
(d) Working in a factory.
65. What did Motele get for his work in Chapter 14?
(a) Money.
(b) 3 feet of cloth.
(c) A armload of wood.
(d) Food.
66. What sentence did Motele receive after being caught?
(a) Clean the outdoor toilet for two days.
(b) Death.
(c) Twelve days in jail.
(d) Deportation.
67. What holiday started in Chapter 15?
(a) Sukkot.
(b) Yum Kippur.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Pesach.
68. What happened to Laibele in springtime?
(a) He stopped talking.
(b) He refused to eat anything.
(c) He neared death.
(d) He got better.
69. What did Riva scream to Laibele?
(a) Not to leave her.
(b) To come back home.
(c) To bring back food.
(d) To wait for her in heaven.
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