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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 season is ending in "Make Ready"?

2. What year is covered in the section "Fire"?

3. At the beginning of "At Home," what does Clara make?

4. In "Trash," where do Clara and the others march?

5. Whose backside does the foreman grab in "Make it Right"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How will Rosh Hashanah be celebrated on pages 202-203?

3. What is Purim and who is Esther?

4. Why does Clara spend time in jail?

5. Where does Clara go and what does she do in "A Different Life"?

6. How has the strike affected the relationship Clara has with her mother?

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

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

9. What does Clara tell her father when he orders her to come home after work and help her mother clean?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 2

Clara picketed factories where she worked. Why did Clara picket factories where she worked? Why were strikes necessary to achieve Clara’s goals?

Essay Topic 3

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

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