Question 4 of 10 • ELPGEQ3 M/J Language Arts 1 - 1001010 HCPS v24
Read the excerpt from The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen.Hannah could scarcely remember when Grandpa Will didn’t have these strange fits, showing off the tattoo on his left arm and screaming in both English and Yiddish. When she’d been younger, the five-digit number on his arm had fascinated her. It was a dark blue, very much like a stain. The skin around it had gotten old, but the number had not.Read the excerpt from Refugee by Alan Gratz.Ruthie had been born the year Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany. She’d never known any other life except this one. But Josef remembered how it used to be. Back when people saw them. Back when they were Germans.
Answer
A
Yolen portrays a character who is haunted by memories of the Holocaust, while Gratz portrays a character who has let go of his memories.
B
Yolen portrays a character who forgotten about the Holocaust, while Gratz portrays a character who cannot stop thinking about it.
C
Yolen portrays a character who did not know her grandfather before the Holocaust, while Gratz portrays a character who remembers a time before the Holocaust.
D
Yolen shows a character who is at peace with his memories, while Gratz shows a character who refuses to discuss his memories.