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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What birds does Clara compare herself to?
(a) Wren and robin.
(b) Sparrow and wren.
(c) Robin and sparrow.
(d) Crow and blackbird.

2. What color did Clara believe that her father's thoughts were as they waited for the steamship to take them to America?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

3. What season is it in "Words"?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. When did Nicco die?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Middle of the night.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Late afternoon.

5. In "Gone," when did Clara and her family plan to board a steamship to travel to the U.S.?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Clara walk with her mother to the center of town to buy goods for the store?

2. What can Clara buy with a kopeck?

3. As Clara packs to leave, how many books does she plan to bring with her?

4. What were the mattresses made of on the ship that took Clara's family to the U.S.?

5. What is Clara preparing to do in "Lost" when her father burns her books?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old was Nathan when he got sick, and what did Clara do to help him get better?

2. How did Clara learn to read and write Yiddish?

3. Where would Clara go when she escaped the poorhouse?

4. How is Hanna's cousin Ruth allowed to study at the university in Kiev?

5. What does Clara hope for when her family gets to America?

6. In "Strangers," what did Clara believe that the sea would smell like, and what did it smell like?

7. What does Clara remember doing on Friday afternoons?

8. What did Clara say and do when her parents learned that all their kosher food was gone?

9. What was the apartment like that the Lemlich family rented in America?

10. What was it like in steerage on the ship to America?

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