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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many homes were destroyed in "A Favor"?
(a) 540.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) 397.

2. In "Sons," what did Papa and his sons study?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Job.
(c) Habbakuk.
(d) Isaiah.

3. What can Clara buy with a kopeck?
(a) Bread.
(b) Candy.
(c) Pencil.
(d) Scrap of paper.

4. Who wrote the book Clara borrows from Miriam?
(a) Lomonosov.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Fonvizin.
(d) Trediakovsky.

5. How many people were in steerage on the journey to America?
(a) 780.
(b) 1,300.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 940.

6. In "Ideas," what concept does Clara consider?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Liberalism.
(c) Conservatism.
(d) Communism.

7. What is across the street from Clara's mother's store?
(a) Dressmaker.
(b) School.
(c) Church.
(d) Blacksmith.

8. What is Clara preparing to do in "Lost" when her father burns her books?
(a) Sweep the floor.
(b) Prepare dinner.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Bake bread.

9. What season is it in "Words"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

10. Where do Clara and her family live in "Home"?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Prussia.

11. Which of Clara's family had to stay in isolation in "Powerless"?
(a) Mama.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Nathan.

12. What food did Clara and her family have to eat in "Gone"?
(a) Tinned pork and matzo.
(b) Tinned beef and matzo.
(c) Tinned fish and matzo.
(d) Tinned chicken and matzo.

13. When did Nicco die?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Middle of the night.
(d) Late afternoon.

14. What lit the steerage area where Clara and her family lived on board the ship that took them to America?
(a) Skylights.
(b) Portholes.
(c) Gas lanterns.
(d) Candles.

15. Which of Clara's brothers was very sick when he was 3?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Nathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Close Enough," what bird did Clara spot?

2. What did Clara's brothers do to pass the time in "Look Away"?

3. What is the first meal that Clara's family has on board the ship to America?

4. What color did Clara believe that her father's thoughts were as they waited for the steamship to take them to America?

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

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