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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What food did Clara and her family have to eat in "Gone"?

3. In "Listen," where would Clara escape?

4. What are the names of the people who share the mattress next to Clara's on the ship to the U.S.?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Clara describe herself?

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

4. What does Clara remember doing on Friday afternoons?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Clara jealous in "Look Away"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The factory bosses abused their power. How did the factory bosses abuse their power over their workers? How did the workers suffer injustice because of the way that the bosses abused their power?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

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