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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 years does the section "Spark" cover?
(a) 1905-1907.
(b) 1904-1906.
(c) 1904-1905.
(d) 1903-1904.

2. In "Something We Understand," how much was the monthly rent for a three-room apartment for the Lemlichs?
(a) $15.
(b) $10.
(c) $20.
(d) $5.

3. What did Clara read when she climbed on her bunk for the first time on the ship that took her family to America?
(a) Fairy tales.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Torah.

4. In "Letters," who does Clara plan to write a letter for?
(a) A young woman.
(b) An old man.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Widow.

5. What language is Clara nearly fluent in after years of stolen moments?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Russian.
(c) German.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sons," what did Papa and his sons study?

2. After leaving the train in Germany, on what river did Clara and her family travel on a steamer?

3. How do Clara and her family get to the city when they leave their shtetl?

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

5. When do Miriam, Hanna, and Clara meet to dance in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the papers say about a boy killed in Kishinev?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do Clara and her brothers have to hide in the woods?

7. Why was Clara jealous in "Look Away"?

8. What could Clara see when the ship came into the harbor in New York?

9. How did Clara describe her fifth day at sea?

10. What is the difference between what boys and girls learn in Clara's home?

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