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

2. How many people were in steerage on the journey to America?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 940.
(c) 780.
(d) 1,300.

3. Where did Clara and her family have to strip and shower in "Spark"?
(a) Kiev.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

4. In "Sunlight," how long was there light between the building where Clara lived and the building behind it?
(a) About an hour.
(b) Under an hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

5. What did Clara's brothers do to pass the time in "Look Away"?
(a) Play a game.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Tell stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Papa and Marcus pack their holy books for the trip across the Atlantic?

2. What lit the steerage area where Clara and her family lived on board the ship that took them to America?

3. What does Clara pick up as she walks at the end of "Words"?

4. In "A Broken Wing," how much time does Clara have for herself?

5. In "Yarid," from where do the canned goods come from that Mama barters for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who had to stay behind in quarantine and why when the Lemlichs arrived in New York?

2. What does Clara remember doing on Friday afternoons?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where do Clara and her family live?

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