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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. In "Not One Word," what does Clara think the boss in the shop looks like?

2. What do Clara's family call her when she refuses to quit striking?

3. In "Revolution," what does Clara buy?

4. What does Clara practice in "Lull"?

5. What did waiters serve in Times Square in Fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Clara spend time in jail?

3. What happens to a young girl in "Lull"?

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

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

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

7. What opportunity does the director at the free school offer Clara?

8. In "Smear," what is it like on the picket line?

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

10. How much work can be done by hand and by a machine, and how does that affect the demands of the boss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clara is sometimes compared to Joan of Arc. Who was Joan of Arc? In what ways was Clara like Joan of Arc?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Audacity?

Essay Topic 3

The Lemlichs traveled to America in steerage class of a ship. What was steerage class like compared first or second class accommodations? What is conveyed about social class by the conditions the Lemlichs endured on the trip to America?

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