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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 do Clara's brothers do all day in "Wrestle"?

2. How much will Clara earn in "Sweatshop" for working 10 hours a day for seven days a week?

3. In "Time," how long are the workers supposed to get for lunch?

4. In "Break," what does Clara's family have to eat for Shabbos?

5. What color feather does Clara have on the hat she makes for herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clara spend time in jail?

2. In "Look Around You," how are the Lemlichs struggling to survive, and what does Clara think would help the family?

3. How does the foreman steal time from the workers?

4. In "Brave," what does Clara tell her father when she comes home?

5. What decision does Papa make in "Tradition"?

6. What decision does Clara come to in "Wrestle" and why?

7. How does Nathan appear when he finally comes home?

8. In "Celebration," what job does Clara get and what does it pay?

9. Why does Clara get fired in "Make it Right"?

10. What choice does Clara struggle with in "Choose"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 2

The Lemlichs left Russia for America. Why did the Lemlichs leave Russia? What did antisemitism have to do with their departure?

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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