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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 year is covered in the section "Fire"?

2. What exams does Clara pass in "Alight"?

3. Who is remembered during Purim?

4. How much does Clara earn at Weisen and Goldstein's?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Joe?

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

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

5. How does Clara describe the New Year's celebration in 1908?

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

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

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

9. Why does Clara spend time in jail?

10. What is Purim and who is Esther?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clara meets Joe at a labor meeting. How does a relationship develop between Clara and Joe? How does the relationship help Clara?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the Lemlichs have to have health examinations before entering New York? What other immigration requirements did they have to meet and why?

Essay Topic 3

Clara wanted a better life for herself. How did Clara work to get a better life for herself? What is revealed about determination through her actions?

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