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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. What were the mattresses made of on the ship that took Clara's family to the U.S.?

2. When did Nicco die?

3. When do Miriam, Hanna, and Clara meet to dance in the woods?

4. In "Sunlight," how long was there light between the building where Clara lived and the building behind it?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do Clara and her family live?

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

5. What did Clara say and do when her parents learned that all their kosher food was gone?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Audacity?

Essay Topic 2

The Lemlichs left Russia for America. Why did the Lemlichs leave Russia? What did antisemitism have to do with their departure?

Essay Topic 3

Clara is sometimes compared to Joan of Arc. Who was Joan of Arc? In what ways was Clara like Joan of Arc?

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