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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. Where did Clara and her family leave the train in Germany?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Bremen.
(d) Dusseldorf.

2. In "Listen," where would Clara escape?
(a) Library.
(b) Market.
(c) Seaport.
(d) Garden.

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

4. In "A Broken Wing," how much time does Clara have for herself?
(a) An afternoon.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) The morning.
(d) 3 hours.

5. Who was sick in "Fighting"?
(a) Nicco.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Nathan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Words," what chore does Clara's mother ask her to do?

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

4. Where did the steamer in Germany take Clara and her family?

5. In "Strangers," where did Clara and her family stay while waiting for the next stage of their journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clara describe herself?

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

3. How was Nicco buried?

4. What does Clara remember doing on Friday afternoons?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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