ELA 8 Unit 5 Assessment Retake

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Q1: Instead of looking pleased, however, a shadow seemed to pass over Grandma Ruth’s face. Reaching for a nearby stool, she slowly and solemnly sat down. What can the reader infer from Grandma’s reaction to seeing the coat with the yellow star?

• She is confused as to why Asher is going through trunks rather than finding the menorah.
• She is upset that Asher has been diggin through her old trunks without permission.
• She is tired from all of the baking and cooking and needs to catch her breath.
• She is remembering the dark times Jews endured when she was a child.

Q2: Life in hiding was always hazardous. Throughout German-occupied Europe, the Nazis made a concerted effort to locate Jews in hiding. German officials and their collaborators harshly penalized those who aided Jews and offered rewards to individuals willing to turn in Jews. Beginning in March 1943, the Gestapo (the German secret state police) granted some Jews in Germany reprieve from deportation in exchange for tracking down their co-religionists who had gone underground. By spring 1945, when the Nazi regime lay in ruins, these informers had turned in as many as 2,000 Jews. In other countries, neighbors betrayed others for money or out of support for the regime. In German-occupied Poland, blackmailers squeezed money or property from Jews by threatening to turn them in to the authorities. How does the structure of this article convey a different meaning than the passage?

• It is more informational and more removed from the subject matter.
• It is more emotional and offers a firsthand account of Jewish life.
• It is more conversational and provides a more informal narrative.
• It is more persuasive and conveys a darker meaning.

Q3: “She once said, ‘He who has courage and faith shall never perish in misery!’ and she was right.” What is the tone of this quote from Anne Frank’s diary?

• excited and wistful
• happy yet cautious
• hopeful and victorious
• melancholy yet sentimental

Q4: July 8th, 1942: “At three o’clock…the doorbell rang. I didn’t hear it, since I was out on the balcony, lazily reading in the sun. A little while later Margot appeared in the kitchen doorway looking very agitated. “Father has received a call-up notice from the SS,” she whispered. “Mother has gone to see Mr. van Daan” (Mr. van Daan is Father’s business partner and a good friend.) I was stunned. A call-up: everyone knows what that means. Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head. How could we let Father go to such a fate? “Of course he’s not going,” declared Margot as we waited for Mother in the living room. “Mother’s gone to Mr. van Daan to ask whether we can move to our hiding place tomorrow. The van Daans are going with us. There will be seven of us altogether.” Silence. We couldn’t speak. The thought of Father off visiting someone in the Jewish Hospital and completely unaware of what was happening, the long wait for Mother, the heat, the suspense – all this reduced us to silence.” -from the diary of Anne Frank

• The passage seems more personal than the diary entry because it recounts a story.
• The diary entry uses personal pronouns like “I” and “me” while the passage does not.
• The diary entry reads more suspensefully because it is written from Anne’s perspective.
• Both the diary and the passage recount the terrifying experiences of Jews during World War II.

Q5: Something glinted behind her – the flashlight beam had caught the shine of the family menorah, standing boldly on a table for all to see. Which BEST analyzes the meaning behind this final line from the passage?

• Sometimes the things we look hardest for are right under our noses.
• Many holiday traditions we hold dear seem less important as we get older.
• The flashlight beam hitting the menorah symbolizes the Nazis finding hiding Jews.
• Throughout the many horrors they have endured, the Jewish people have bravely survived.

Q6: At the end of the passage (At Home in Georgia), the reader can infer that Catherine was no longer worried about being separated from her siblings due to their hardship. Which sentence from the passage BEST supports the inference?

• The giant smile that lit his face swept over Catherine with a wave of relief.
• Catherine watched anxiously as Thomas moved and took a paper from the announcer.
• "Murray County," he replied. "I've heard it has good land. It is going to be a great place for us!"
• As Thomas turned to face the crowd, Catherine saw him searching the crowd for her, William, and Sara.

Q7: Which explains the analogy that can be made between William's persistent tugging and the context of the story? William's persistent tugging drew Catherine's attention.

• The author wanted to compare William's constant tugging on Catherine to the crowd of people waiting for the drawing to begin.
• The author wanted to compare William tugging on Catherine repeatedly to their repeated attempt to try to win land in property lotteries.
• The author wanted to compare William's constant tugging on Catherine to the siblings having to move to different homes after their parents had died.
• The author wanted to compare William's constant tugging to gain Catherine's attention to Catherine's constant worries about the siblings not winning a ticket and being separated from each other.

Q8: Which BEST describes a plot structure device found in the letter but not in the story?

• flashback
• dialogue
• foreshadowing
• cause and effect

Q9: How does the author's word choice influence the reader's understanding of the text's meaning and tone? Forcing herself to bring her attention back to the present, Catherine felt her hope bubble up again as the announcer began calling the names of those who had entered the land lottery.

• It helps the reader understand the character's lively and excitable personality.
• It helps the reader understand how the lottery could change a person's life for better or worse.
• It helps the reader understand the hardships and uncertainty that settlers endured at the time.
• It helps the reader understand the intense emotions of those waiting to hear the results of the lottery.