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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 time do Clara and others march before the shop doors in "Sting"?
(a) 7.
(b) 6:30.
(c) 8.
(d) 7:30.

2. When Clara walks to work in "Summer," how many sleeping bodies does she walk over?
(a) 250.
(b) Thousands.
(c) 300.
(d) Hundreds.

3. How many dictionaries does Clara have to consult to learn the meaning of the word "union"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. What does Clara read in "Poetry"?
(a) Ibsen.
(b) Wilde.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Dickinson.

5. In "Sting," what time are scabs brought in?
(a) 8:30.
(b) 9:30.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Clara earn weekly in "Not One Word"?

2. How many days did Clara work in "Rise and Fall" that she did not get paid for?

3. What is the name of the young printer's apprentice who comes to labor meetings?

4. What time are thugs brought in in "Sting"?

5. Where does Clara go in "A Different Life"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara tell her father when he orders her to come home after work and help her mother clean?

2. In "Fire," what is the shop like that Clara works in?

3. What decision does Clara come to in "Wrestle" and why?

4. What is Purim and who is Esther?

5. How much work can be done by hand and by a machine, and how does that affect the demands of the boss?

6. How has the strike affected the relationship Clara has with her mother?

7. In "Look Around You," how are the Lemlichs struggling to survive, and what does Clara think would help the family?

8. Why does a truancy officer come to the Lemlich's apartment, and how does Clara feel about the visit?

9. What decision does Papa make in "Tradition"?

10. Why does Clara get fired in "Make it Right"?

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