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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. In "Strangers," where did Clara and her family stay while waiting for the next stage of their journey?

3. How often does Clara walk with her mother to the center of town to buy goods for the store?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the papers say about a boy killed in Kishinev?

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

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

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

5. What happens during the pogrom?

6. How was Nicco buried?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clara wanted a better life for herself. How did Clara work to get a better life for herself? What is revealed about determination through her actions?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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