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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 animals does Miriam's family have on their farm?
(a) Chickens, goats, and a horse.
(b) Chickens and pigs.
(c) Chickens, sheep, and a horse.
(d) Chickens and a cow.

2. How many homes were destroyed in "A Favor"?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 397.
(c) 540.
(d) Thousands.

3. Who wrote the book Clara borrows from Miriam?
(a) Trediakovsky.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Lomonosov.
(d) Fonvizin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Clara earn money doing in "Words"?

2. What did Clara's brothers do to pass the time in "Look Away"?

3. In "Home," what type of plants are near the forest where Clara's house is?

4. What did Clara feel like in "Listen"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara remember doing on Friday afternoons?

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

3. How does Clara describe herself?

4. What happened when Clara's family entered Germany on their journey to the U.S.?

5. What happens during the pogrom?

6. How was Nicco buried?

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

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

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

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

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