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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 is Clara preparing to do in "Lost" when her father burns her books?

2. How do Clara and her family get to the city when they leave their shtetl?

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

4. What can Clara buy with a kopeck?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe the relationship that Clara had with her father? Why was the relationship they way it was?

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

The setting or settings in a book are where the action takes place. Do the settings in the book serve as a backdrop to characters or do they almost take on the role of a character? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the tone in the book?

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