Readworks Invasion and President

How old is Eleanor at the time the events described by the passage are taking place?

• fifteen

• thirteen

• eleven

• nine

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What is the climax of this story?

• The climax of the story is Eleanor’s sleepless night before the train trip

• The climax of the story is Rebecca’s argument with Joseph.

• The climax of the story is Germany’s invasion of Poland.

• The climax of the story is the conversation between Eleanor’s mother and grandmother.

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Eleanor’s mother does not want to leave the grandparents’ house.

What evidence supports this statement?

• She does not respond when the grandmother says leaving is a bad idea.

• She says that the family is going to “wait it out."

• She wakes the children up gently on the morning of the train trip.

• She says that Joseph has already decided the family would leave.

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How does Eleanor feel about leaving her grandparents’ house?

• excited and cheerful

• worried and confused

• indifferent and bored

• sad and upset

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What is this passage mostly about?

• a young girl’s visit to her grandparents’ house in the Polish countryside

• a young girl’s attempts to listen in on private conversations

• a young girl and her family in the days before Germany’s invasion of Poland

• the effects of Germany’s invasion of Poland on the country as a whole

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Read this sentence from the story.

“Eleanor woke up at one point to see her mother staring out the window, her arms crossed over her chest, her eyebrows furrowed low over her eyes.”

With this sentence, what might the author be telling readers about Eleanor’s mother?

• Eleanor’s mother is very tired.

• Eleanor’s mother is deeply worried.

• Eleanor’s mother is very comfortable on the train.

• Eleanor’s mother wants to go home to Warsaw.

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Eleanor had been worried and scared when she left her grandparents’ house, ___ she felt safe as soon as her father picked her up at the train station.

• but

• and

• if

• because

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Where is Michael when he finds out that President Kennedy has been killed?

• in homeroom at school

• in the school cafeteria

• at home

• outside the school

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What is the turning point in this story?

• Michael’s arrival at his school

• the students’ return to their homerooms from the cafeteria

• the principal’s announcement of President Kennedy’s death

• Walter Cronkite’s broadcast of the Kennedys’ trip to Texas

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President Kennedy was an important figure to Michael. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• Walter Cronkite was talking about President Kennedy’s trip to Texas on the television.

• After the principal’s announcement, Michael and Freddy sat down in their homeroom next to Helen, who was crying hysterically.

• Michael’s mother had forced the whole family to watch the Christmas special a year earlier.

• President Kennedy was one of the most vital, wonderful men Michael had ever seen.

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