When it comes to time for the officials to decide whether they stay or leave America, Rifka helps Ilya by telling him to read Pushkin to the officials and his uncle (who sent for him in the first place, but Ilya was afraid the uncle didn’t want him). Rifka hasn’t looked at her head lately so she’s unsure what the itching on her head is about and is afraid it’s still ringworm. When the officials say take off the scarf, she gives a long speech about how bald or not, she should be in America. They agree and let her go to her family, but it turns out she’s itchy because her hair’s growing (which they find out after).
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When it comes to time for the officials to decide whether they stay or leave America, Rifka helps Ilya by telling him to read Pushkin to the officials and his uncle (who sent for him in the first place, but Ilya was afraid the uncle didn’t want him). Rifka hasn’t looked at her head lately so she’s unsure what the itching on her head is about and is afraid it’s still ringworm. When the officials say take off the scarf, she gives a long speech about how bald or not, she should be in America. They agree and let her go to her family, but it turns out she’s itchy because her hair’s growing (which they find out after).
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