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Quiz about The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender

"The Cage" by Ruth Minsky Sender Quiz

An autobiography of a Jewish girl who lived through the Holocaust. Written by Ruth Minsky Sender.

A multiple-choice quiz by lottie8439. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
lottie8439

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
132,914

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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777

Last 3 plays: Guest 96 (1/10), Guest 207 (4/10), Guest 102 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The first chapter takes place in the present time(around when the book was written). What is the name of the author's daughter? Hint

Nancy

Ruth

Sharon

Hannah

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the last name of the Minskys' landlady? Hint

Gruber

Yorba

Brown

Avner

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Question 3 of 10

3. Riva's older sisters, Mala and Chana, and her older brother, Yankele, escape to what country? Hint

England

Russia

USA

Palestine

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Polish ghetto did Riva and her family live in? Hint

Lodz

Krakow

Warsaw

Bialystok

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Question 5 of 10

5. While in the ghetto, one of Riva's younger brothers, Laibele, died. What disease did he succumb to? Hint

Tuberculosis

Dysentery

Typhoid

Cholera

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Question 6 of 10

6. Laibish and Rifkele Boruchowich are friends of the Minskys. What was the name of their sister, Riva's best friend, who died around the same time as her brother? Hint

Faygele

Saba

Karola

Chanele

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Question 7 of 10

7. Rifkele Boruchowich finds an old friend when she, Riva, and Karola arrive at Auschwitz. What is the friend's name? Hint

Faige

Margot

Chana

Tola

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Riva is in the work camp at Mittelsteine, she injures her hand. She is taken to a hospital in the town of Glatz by an overseer. What is the overseer's name? Hint

Helen

Anna

Rosa

Lotta

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the camp that Riva is in when she is finally liberated? Hint

Mittelsteine

Grafenort

Bergen-Belsen

Grossrosen

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Question 10 of 10

10. Riva's mother's favorite saying "As long as there is life, there is ______."

Answer: (One Word)

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Apr 03 2024 : Guest 96: 1/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first chapter takes place in the present time(around when the book was written). What is the name of the author's daughter?

Answer: Nancy

Ruth and her husband have four children, Laibele (Louis), Avromele, Chaim (Harvey), and Nacha (Nancy).

2. What is the last name of the Minskys' landlady?

Answer: Gruber

Mrs. Gruber, the landlady, lives in the same building as the Minskys before the war, along with her daughter, Olga, and Olga's son, Harry.

3. Riva's older sisters, Mala and Chana, and her older brother, Yankele, escape to what country?

Answer: Russia

Mala and Chana later move to the USA, after the war. Yankele moves to Canada.

4. Which Polish ghetto did Riva and her family live in?

Answer: Lodz

A city in western Poland, it had the second largest Jewish population before the war.

5. While in the ghetto, one of Riva's younger brothers, Laibele, died. What disease did he succumb to?

Answer: Tuberculosis

Laibele spent many months in bed, unable to walk. He died about six months after the children's mother was taken away.

6. Laibish and Rifkele Boruchowich are friends of the Minskys. What was the name of their sister, Riva's best friend, who died around the same time as her brother?

Answer: Chanele

Like Laibele, Chanele died of TB. Mrs. Boruchowich considers Riva one of her own children.

7. Rifkele Boruchowich finds an old friend when she, Riva, and Karola arrive at Auschwitz. What is the friend's name?

Answer: Tola

Tola lost her children to the ovens in Auschwitz. She quickly becomes friends with Riva and Karola.

8. When Riva is in the work camp at Mittelsteine, she injures her hand. She is taken to a hospital in the town of Glatz by an overseer. What is the overseer's name?

Answer: Lotta

Riva had a bad infection in her hand. To get to Glatz, she had to go on a train, where she stood in the corner, and then she had to walk in the gutter. It took Lotta a ling time to find a hospital that would treat her.

9. What is the name of the camp that Riva is in when she is finally liberated?

Answer: Grafenort

The date was May 5, 1945. The guards had been planning to kill the girls from Grafenort in the woods but the Russians arrived and the guards ran away.

10. Riva's mother's favorite saying "As long as there is life, there is ______."

Answer: hope

Riva always remembered that saying through everything she went through.

Source: Author lottie8439

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