Risking their Lives

At the time that Hannie, Freddie and Truus began resisting the Nazi occupation they were ______.

• teenagers

• in their 20s

• in their 30s

• in their 40s

As part of the resistance, Hannie, Freddie, and Truus participated in ____.

• overseas missions

• dangerous activities

• building power plants

• battles planned by the allies

By the end of the war ___.

• Hannie had been executed by the Nazis.

• Freddie and Truus had been injured in battle.

• Hannie, Freddie, and Truus had fled the Netherlands.

• Hannie, Freddie, and Tuus had been caught by the Nazis but were released.

In the opening section, the author says, "The girls distributed outlawed newspapers...and posted banners." The author most likely includes this information to help support the point that___.

• the sisters started with "relatively minor transgressions"

• the sisters' "activities grew even riskier"

• many women "risked their lives to undermine the Nazis"

• "the three Dutch girls were unusual"

In the section "Joining the Resistance," the word sheltering most closely means ​ (a)   ?

• taking in
• was ruthless
• enrolled them
• studying law

What is the author's main purpose in writing the article? How does the timeline support this purpose?

How is this visual representation of information as powerful or even more powerful than the same information presented in words in the text?

Match the following words to their corresponding definitions.

• orders

• informer

• deliberately destroy

• sabotage

• secret

• collaborators

• people who work together

• edicts

• person who outs someone to the police

• clandestine