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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. Where does Mama tell Clara and her siblings to hide in "Pogrom"?

2. How long was the trip to America supposed to take?

3. How many homes were destroyed in "A Favor"?

4. What were the bunks made of on the ship that took Clara's family to America?

5. In "Whirligig," what cargo was loaded on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Clara and her family live?

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

3. How does Clara describe herself?

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

5. How was Nicco buried?

6. What could Clara see when the ship came into the harbor in New York?

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

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

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

10. What happens during the pogrom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Why did the Lemlichs have to have health examinations before entering New York? What other immigration requirements did they have to meet and why?

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