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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 food do Benjamin and Nathan bring home to eat in "Preparation"?

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

3. Who was sick in "Fighting"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What language is Clara nearly fluent in and how did she learn that language?

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

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

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

5. What happens during the pogrom?

6. How does Clara describe herself?

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

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

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

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

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

Clara decides not to pursue her education. Why did Clara decide not to pursue her education? What does her decision reveal about her and the type of person she was?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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