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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 type of bird is Clara caring for in "A Broken Wing"?

2. What does Clara pick up as she walks at the end of "Words"?

3. In "Something We Understand," how much was the monthly rent for a three-room apartment for the Lemlichs?

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

5. In "Listen," where would Clara escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between what boys and girls learn in Clara's home?

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

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

4. What does Clara remember doing on Friday afternoons?

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

6. What happens during the pogrom?

7. What does Clara hope for when her family gets to America?

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

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

10. How does Clara describe herself?

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 only work Clara could find was in a sweatshop. What problems were there with working in sweatshops? What did greed have to do with the conditions in the factories?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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