The Children Who Escaped the Nazis

Reread the section “A Storm of Hatred.”

Which sentence below BEST expresses the central idea

of this section?

• By the time she was 12, Lore could no longer swim in public pools.

• Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazis.

• Adolf Hitler’s rise to power made it dangerous for Jewish people to live in Germany.

• Lore’s parents did not think that Hitler would be in power for very long.

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Read the central idea of the section “The Children” stated in the box below.

Then read the lines from the article listed under it.

Which detail does NOT support the central idea?

Central Idea: Many different people contributed to the organization and success of the Kindertransport.

• “But in Britain, a group of Jewish and non-Jewish advocates for refugees was determined to do

  something. . . . They appealed to the British government to take action.” (6-7)

• “Meanwhile, representatives traveled to Germany and Austria to set up systems for organizing

  and transporting the children.” (7)

• “ As news of Kristallnacht spread, people around the world were horrified.” (6)

• “ Soon after, more than 500 people had offered their homes to young refugees.” (7)

Answer explanation

C is the best choice because the detail is about how people

were horrified about the violence against Jewish

people unleashed during Kristallnacht, but does not

provide any information about the organization of the

Kindertransport.

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Read the details from the section “A New Life” listed below.

Which detail does not support the central idea:

Lore faced challenges after moving to England.

• “Despite these kindnesses, Lore was homesick and felt like an outsider.” (8)

• “School was hard; her classmates didn’t speak German, and she struggled to understand the

  lessons.” (8)

• “She wasn’t used to English food and customs.” (8)

• Do you need a gardener? A cook? she would ask.

Answer explanation

Not in the correct section.

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Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing.

The mood of the first two paragraphs of the introduction is...

• energetic and pleasant.

• anxious and suspenseful.

• somber and calm.

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Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience. Pick the word that best describes the authors’ tone in the second-to-last paragraph of “The End of the War.”

• happy

• admiring

• overwhelmed

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Choose the word or phrase that is most

similar in meaning to each word: mitigate

• lighten

• worsen

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Choose the word or phrase that is most

similar in meaning to each word: oust.

• take in

• push out

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Choose the word or phrase that is most

similar in meaning to each word: denounce

• compliment

• criticize

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Choose the word or phrase that is most

similar in meaning to each word: embittered

• resentful

• joyful

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Which of the following might cause you to feel

embittered?

• getting a free ice cream sundae for being the 100th customer of the day at Tastee Cone

• realizing that you were tricked into doing

  something you didn’t want to do

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