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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. In "Close Enough," what bird did Clara spot?
(a) Pelican.
(b) Cormorants.
(c) Tern.
(d) Seagull.

2. What lit the steerage area where Clara and her family lived on board the ship that took them to America?
(a) Skylights.
(b) Candles.
(c) Gas lanterns.
(d) Portholes.

3. What did Clara feel like in "Listen"?
(a) Goshawk.
(b) Kestrel.
(c) Falcon.
(d) Hawk.

4. How do Papa and Marcus pack their holy books for the trip across the Atlantic?
(a) In linen.
(b) In sheep's wool.
(c) In newspapers.
(d) In cotton.

5. Which of Clara's family had to stay in isolation in "Powerless"?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Mama.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Benjamin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mama tell Clara and her siblings to hide in "Pogrom"?

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

3. How long was the trip to America supposed to take?

4. Which of Clara's brothers was very sick when he was 3?

5. In "A Favor," how many people were murdered?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What language is Clara nearly fluent in and how did she learn that language?

4. In "Sons," what did Clara wonder about her father?

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

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

7. What does Clara remember doing on Friday afternoons?

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

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

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

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