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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 color is Clara's hair?

2. In "Strangers," what country did Clara see from the railing of the steamer?

3. How many homes were destroyed in "A Favor"?

4. Who wrote the book Clara borrows from Miriam?

5. In "Look Away," how many bodies were crowded on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What could Clara see when the ship came into the harbor in New York?

2. Why do Clara and her brothers have to hide in the woods?

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

4. Where do Clara and her family live?

5. In "Strangers," what did Clara believe that the sea would smell like, and what did it smell like?

6. Where would Clara go when she escaped the poorhouse?

7. Why was Clara jealous in "Look Away"?

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

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

10. How old was Nathan when he got sick, and what did Clara do to help him get better?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Clara decides not to pursue her education. Why did Clara decide not to pursue her education? What does her decision reveal about her and the type of person she was?

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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