UNIT TEST #3 victory and despair 84%

Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066". I gave her a packet of tomato seeds and asked her to plant them for me, told her when the first tomato ripened she'd miss me. The narrator gives the impression that she is an amateur gardener. she is, in fact, guilty of espionage. she is hoping the Americans win the war. she will be gone for a long time.

she will be gone for a long time.

Read the sentence. Allie considered it carefully, and ______ decided to train for the marathon herself. Which type of pronoun would best complete the sentence? objective subjective intensive reflexive

subjective

Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz is narrated from the point of view of a historian who is recounting her own experiences during the Holocaust. historian who is describing a survivor's experiences during the Holocaust. teenager who is describing her own experiences during the Holocaust. teenager who is recounting her parents' experiences during the Holocaust.

teenager who is describing her own experiences during the Holocaust.

Read the excerpt from Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea. We arrived at the station, where the cattle cars were waiting. Ever since my book Night I have pursued those nocturnal trains that crossed the devastated continent. Their shadow haunts my writing. They symbolize solitude, distress, and the relentless march of Jewish multitudes toward agony and death. I freeze every time I hear a train whistle. Read the text and study the image from Spiegelman's Maus. mc020-1.jpg Which is an accurate statement about the excerpt and panel?

Both support the fact that millions of innocent Jews were rounded up and taken by train to concentration camps.

What is a theme in Dwight Okita's poem "In Response to Executive Order 9066"? Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans. President Roosevelt was a wise and careful decision maker. Many Japanese Americans were undercover spies for the enemy. The US had to intern Japanese Americans to secure domestic borders.

Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans.

Read the excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home." In the evening he practiced on his clarinet, strolled down town, read and went to bed. He was still a hero to his two young sisters. His mother would have given him breakfast in bed if he had wanted it. She often came in when he was in bed and asked him to tell her about the war, but her attention always wandered. What important detail about Krebs's sisters and mother is revealed? Both of his sisters and his mother are very naive. His sisters and his mother have never left town. His sisters and his mother are very fond of him. Neither his sisters nor his mother care for Krebs.

His sisters and his mother are very fond of him.

Which excerpt from "Good Country People" is the best example of figurative language? The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . . good country people. If she don't get there before the dust settles, you can bet she's dead, that's all. She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her. It was hard for Mrs. Hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.

If she don't get there before the dust settles, you can bet she's dead, that's all.

Which best describes the impact of Gelissen's first-person account of her experiences in Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz? It educates the reader on the historical sequence of events. It causes the reader to question the truthfulness of the text. It helps the reader to better understand the author's pain and fear. It distracts the reader from the narrative development of the story.

It helps the reader to better understand the author's pain and fear.

Read the excerpt from Gelissen's Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz. Thrown off balance, struggling to keep from falling into the abyss below, I plummeted out of reach. Rolling down the steep incline, I grabbed at tree branches to break my fall as they ripped the mittens from my hands. Biting my tongue, I splashed into a stream with no cushion but ice-covered boulders. The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked. Which best describes the impact of Gelissen's decision to tell her story in memoir form? It provides a variety of personal accounts of World War II and the Holocaust. It provides an objective and detached account of a major historical event. It provides a history of the key events of World War II and the Holocaust. It provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.

It provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.

Which excerpt from "Good Country People" best exemplifies why Joy/Hulga is a traditional Southern gothic character? One of her major triumphs was that her mother had not been able to turn her dust into Joy, but the greater one was that she had been able to turn it herself into Hulga. Hulga had learned to tolerate Mrs. Freeman who saved her from taking walks with her mother. Joy, whose constant outrage had obliterated every expression from her face, would stare just a little to the side of her, her eyes icy blue, with the look of someone who had achieved blindness by an act of will and means to keep it. Joy would get up while her mother was eating, and before long, Mrs. Freeman would arrive at the back door.

Joy, whose constant outrage had obliterated every expression from her face, would stare just a little to the side of her, her eyes icy blue, with the look of someone who had achieved blindness by an act of will and means to keep it.

Which excerpt from O'Connor's "Good Country People" contains an example of irony? Joy was her daughter, a blonde girl who had an artificial leg. Mrs. Hopewell thought of her as a child though she was thirty-two years old and highly educated. [W]hen she and the girl happened to be out of the house together, she would say something and add the name Hulga to the end of it, and the big spectacled Joy-Hulga would scowl and redden as if her privacy had been intruded upon. She considered the name her personal affair. Nothing is perfect. This was one of Mrs. Hopewell's favorite sayings. Another was: that is life! And still another, the most important, was: well, other people have their opinions too. Mrs. Hopewell liked to tell people . . . how she had happened to hire the Freemans in the first place and how they were a godsend to her and how she had had them four years.

Nothing is perfect. This was one of Mrs. Hopewell's favorite sayings. Another was: that is life! And still another, the most important, was: well, other people have their opinions too.

Read the excerpt from Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea. My very last resistance broken, I let myself be pulled, pushed, and kicked, like a deaf and mute sleepwalker. I could see everything, grasp it and register it, but only later would I try to put in order all the sensations and all the memories. How stunned I was, for example, to discover another time outside time, a universe parallel to this one, a creation within Creation, with its own laws, customs structures, and language. Read the text and study the image from Spiegelman's Maus. mc017-1.jpg Which theme is addressed in both excerpts? Ignorance of reality is preferable to awareness. Memories can be just as painful as the event itself. People can be worn down to the point of giving up. Reality can be inexplicably cruel and unfair.

Reality can be inexplicably cruel and unfair.

Read the excerpt from Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz. "I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day." "I heard what happened last night, Mr. Kornreich. I understand your concern." "I have no money to pay you for this favor." "Sir, I would not take any money from you. She is my friend since childhood. I will do whatever you ask to help your daughter." "Thank you." Papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. "You seem like a man of your word. If you would bring Rena across the border to Slovakia, her mother and I might find sleep at night." Which best summarizes the excerpt? Although he does not trust Andrzej, Rena's father fears for his daughter's life and finally agrees to leave her with him. Slovakia is the only safe place for the Jews of Europe, and Andrzej has agreed to take Rena there. Rena's father asks Andrzej to take her to safety in Slovakia, and he agrees to do so. After much deliberation, Rena's father pays a Polish man to take her safely across the border to Slovakia.

Rena's father asks Andrzej to take her to safety in Slovakia, and he agrees to do so.

Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066. I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services. Which statement best describes President Roosevelt's use of vocabulary in the excerpt? Roosevelt uses loaded language to appeal to the fear and anger the American people have for the Japanese. Roosevelt uses objective language to influence the American public with logic and reason. Roosevelt uses objective language to emphasize his authority and garner support in the execution of the order. Roosevelt uses loaded language to appeal to the emotions of the American public and to maintain their trust.

Roosevelt uses loaded language to appeal to the fear and anger the American people have for the Japanese.

Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea. My very last resistance broken, I let myself be pulled, pushed, and kicked, like a deaf and mute sleepwalker. Read the text and study the image from Art Spiegelman's Maus. es028-1.jpg The theme best expressed by both Wiesel and Spiegelman is .

Submissive Obedience

Which sentence has a pronoun usage error? Thomas was supposed to pick me up, but he's late. She drove herself to the performance, but left early. The judges showed their scoresheets to the contestants. The audience left its seats after curtain call.

The audience left its seats after curtain call.

Which excerpt from O'Connor's "Good Country People" best reveals the irony of Joy's name? Mrs. Hopewell thought of her as a child though she was thirty-two years old and highly educated. Joy would get up while her mother was eating, and before long, Mrs. Freeman would arrive at the back door. Another was: that is life! And still another, the most important, was: well, other people have their opinions too. She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her. [A]nd when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that Mrs. Hopewell would say, "If you can't come pleasantly, I don't want you at all," to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward would reply. . . . She saw it as the name of her highest creative act. One of her major triumphs was that her mother had not been able to turn her dust into Joy, but the greater one was that she had been able to turn it herself into Hulga.

[A]nd when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that Mrs. Hopewell would say, "If you can't come pleasantly, I don't want you at all," to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward would reply. . . .

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the objector securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement and social security; This statement is based on the assumption that improved labor standards, economic achievement, and social security are not always possible. most countries will want to cooperate with the US and Great Britain after the war ends. Churchill and Roosevelt have already developed a plan for international economic improvements. all countries will cooperate to achieve common goals with regard to the world economy.

all countries will cooperate to achieve common goals with regard to the world economy.

Read the excerpt from Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. We drank rum and it was very friendly. Outside it was getting dark. I asked what time the attack was to be and they said as soon as it was dark. I went back to the drivers. They were sitting in the dugout talking and when I came in they stopped. I gave them each a package of cigarettes, Macedonias, loosely packed cigarettes that spilled tobacco and needed to have the ends twisted before you smoked them. Manera lit his lighter and passed it around. The lighter was shaped like a Fiat radiator. I told them what I had heard. Hemingway develops the narrator through direct characterization. obvious characterization. character narrative. indirect characterization.

character narrative.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments. Which best describes the tone of the excerpt? untrustworthy personal formal impartial

formal

Read the excerpt from Rena Kornreich Gelissen's Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz. That night changed everything. It had become dangerous for me to live in Tylicz. . . . Papa deliberated long and hard over whom to contact about smuggling me across the border. Andrzej had been fighting the Germans when Poland had first been invaded, but he'd been fortunate enough to escape capture; returning secretly to Tylicz, he was now working for the Polish resistance. The details of the passage indicate that the narrative takes place in World War I Europe. in World War II Europe. in World War I United States. in World War II United States.

in World War II Europe.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Third, they respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them; Which approach best describes the tone of the excerpt? subjective with a number of loaded words and phrases subjective with a reliance on facts and logic objective with a number of words relying on authority objective with a string of logical deductions and facts

objective with a number of words relying on authority

Read the excerpt from "Good Country People." Mrs. Hopewell, who had divorced her husband long ago, needed someone to walk over the fields with her; and when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that Mrs. Hopewell would say, "If you can't come pleasantly, I don't want you at all," to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward, would reply, "If you want me, here I am—LIKE I AM." Based on Mrs. Hopewell's attitude toward the fields, it is reasonable to infer that the story takes place on a farm with many field hands and employees. on a wide, isolated expanse of farmland. in a small town where everyone is friendly toward one another. in a deserted town in which mysterious events occur.

on a wide, isolated expanse of farmland.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries, and which will afford assurance that all the men in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want; This statement is based on the assumption that peace is not possible for all people of the world. some men will still lead lives of fear and want. the allied powers will defeat Nazi Germany. Germany will cooperate with Great Britain and the US.

the allied powers will defeat Nazi Germany.

Read the excerpt from Gelissen's Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz. "I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day." Look at this image from Art Spiegelman's Maus. mc026-1.jpg What idea is related in both excerpts? the sense of relief people experienced when they found a way to escape during the Holocaust the sense of uncertainty people experienced while trying to escape the Nazis during the Holocaust the sense of fear parents experienced as they were separated from their children during the Holocaust the sense of confusion small children and elderly people experienced during the Holocaust

the sense of uncertainty people experienced while trying to escape the Nazis during the Holocaust