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The Blackbird Girls Flashcards

1
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Level 1

Name of the power plant that has a meltdown

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A

Chernobyl

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Level 1

What kind of power plant melted down?

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A

Nuclear
power plant

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the war that was happening in Rifka’s time

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A

World War Two

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Level 1

the religion of Jewish people

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Judaism

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5
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the weekly holiday in Judaism where they light candles and say prayers

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shabbat

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Level 1

What was making everyone sick when the power plant melted down?

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A

radiation or radiation poisoning

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7
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Level 1

The fake cure for radiation poisoning that everyone knew

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A

Cucumbers and milk

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Level 1

The color of the sky and smoke when the power plant melted down

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Red sky. Blue smoke.

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9
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Level 2

Valentina’s last name

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A

Valentina
Kaplan

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10
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Level 2

Valentina’s mom’s name

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Galina Yurievna

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level 2

Rifka’s last name

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A

Rifka
Friedman

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12
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level 2

Oksana’s last name

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A

Oksana
Savchenko

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13
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level 2

Where did Rifka live with her mom?
(the city)

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A

Kiev

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14
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level 2

In what city do Valentina and Oksana live at the beginning of the book?

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Pripyat

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15
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level 2

both Kiev and Pripyat were in what nation
(at the time of the book)?

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A

The Soviet Union

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16
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level 2

Both Kiev and Pripyat were in what region that is now it’s own nation?

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A

Ukraine

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Level 2

What was the acronym by which the Soviet Union was known? (like U.S. or U.S.A. is for the United States)

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U.S.S.R.

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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18
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Level 2

What musical instrument did Rifka play?

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A

flute

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19
Q

Level 2

When did the Chernobyl meltdown happen?
(the year)

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A

1986

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20
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level 2

In what year did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union?

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A

1941

21
Q

level 3

Oksana and Valentina’s teacher in Pripyat

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A

Svetlana Dmitrievna

22
Q

level 3

Svetlana’s cat who had to stay in Pripyat while all the people were evacuated.

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A

Zhulka

23
Q

level 3

In what city did Valentina and Oksana live with Valentina’s grandma?

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A

Leningrad

24
Q

level 3

What was Valentina’s grandma’s name?

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A

Rifka Friedman

25
Q

Level 3

In what country did Rifka live with her blackbird girl?

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A

Uzbekistan

26
Q

Level 3

What did Oksana and Valentina call Valentina’s grandma?

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A

Babulya

27
Q

Level 3

What city did Oksana move to with her mom and her mom’s awful new boyfriend?

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A

Minsk

28
Q

Level 3

What was the first name of Rifka’s blackbird girl?

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A

Feruza

29
Q

Level 3

What was the name of Valentina’s neighbor in Pripyat who sunbathed on the roof and got sick from radiation poisoning?

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A

Dyadya Sergei

30
Q

Level 3

Where did Valentina’s family live before coming to Pripyat?

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A

Siberia

31
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Level 4

What does Babulya tell Oksana she could call her, when they first met.

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A

Tetya Rita
(Auntie Rita)

32
Q

Level 4

What name was Babulya using in Leningrad?

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hint: not Rifka Friedman

A

Rita Grigorievna

33
Q

Level 4

Where did Babulya take the girls after they first met? It’s the most famous street in Leningrad.

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A

Nevsky Prospekt

34
Q

Level 4

Babulya has a kommunalka. What is a kommunalka?

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A

a community apartment
(it means they share the kitchen & bathroom)

35
Q

Level 4

Why was Oksana surprised that Babulya seemed to be poor?

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A

Because her father told her all Jewish people were rich.

“A kommunalka. Only the lowliest people lived there, didn’t they? So that must mean that Valentina’s grandmother was poor. But Papa had always said Jews were secretly rich and hid their wealth. . . This place certainly didn’t seem like the sort of place a secretly rich Jew would live. It looked like a poor person’s home. . . Had Papa been mistaken about Jews. Or had he lied to her. He had told her again and again that Jews were thieves. He had said Valentina’s father had stolen his promotion at work by spreading rumors that he was a bad worker. He had said Jews cheated to take others’ jobs or earn the best marks on a test. he had made her promise to be on her guard against them.”

36
Q

level 4

What is Valentina’s favorite food? Babulya showed her and Oksana how to make it their first night in Leningrad.

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A

Pelmenyi
(dumplings with butter and onions)

37
Q

Level 4

What is the name of the black market supplier that Oksana worked for?

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A

Comrade Orlov

38
Q

Level 4

What was in the package that Oksana delivered for Comrade Orlov when Valentina was with her and the guy who was supposed to get the package was arrested.

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A

an American passport

39
Q

level 4

What is the name of the secret police that everyone is afraid of?

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A

the KGB

40
Q

Level 4

What did Oksana want to buy with the money she was making from black market deliveries?

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A

a train ticket to Minsk to be with her mom

41
Q

Level 5

What is the name of Rifka’s cousin who she ran away with from Kiev?

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A

Nathan

42
Q

Level 5

What is the first name of Oksana and Valentina’s school friend who gives Oksana a chocolate bar for her birthday?

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A

Lyudmila

43
Q

Level 5

What is the first name of Oksana and Valentina’s school friend who gives Oksana blue beads for her birthday.

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A

Yulia

44
Q

Level 5

At one point Oksana sees “the strangest-looking object she had ever seen. It was a teacup covered all over with little metal screws.” What was it?

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A

A pencil holder
for Oksana’s paint brushes

the birthday gift from Valentina

45
Q

Level 5

What does Valentina’s mom call Valentina?

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A

Valyushka

46
Q

Level 5

What does Oksana’s mom call Oksana (when she’s being nice)?

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A

Khusha

47
Q

Level 5

What was the name of the power station that melted down?

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A

the V.I. Lenin power station

Lenin was a leader of Russia

48
Q

Level 5

What is the first name of Valentina’s bestie at the beginning of the book?

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A

Larisa

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