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Which statement explains why Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea as a memoir?

A
to reveal the traumatic impact the Holocaust had on his life
B
to persuade world leaders to take action against oppression
C
to provide a historical account of Poland during World War II
D
to convince other Holocaust survivors to share their stories
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Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.We arrived at the station, where the cattle cars were waiting. Ever since my book Night I have pursued those nocturnal trains that crossed the devastated continent. Their shadow haunts my writing. They symbolize solitude, distress, and the relentless march of Jewish multitudes toward agony and death. I freeze every time I hear a train whistle. Read the text and study the image from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which is an accurate statement about the excerpt and panel?

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Both support the fact that millions of innocent Jews were rounded up and taken to concentration camps.
B
Both support the idea that Wiesel and Spiegelman’s father continue to be haunted by their memories of the Holocaust.
C
Both detail an account of Wiesel and Spiegelman’s fathers being transported to Auschwitz.
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Both depict the emotional impact of what it was like to be sorted and separated by the Nazis and then shipped to the unknown.
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Which best describes Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea?

A
an emotionally detached autobiography
B
a brief biographical record of Wiesel’s life
C
a deeply personal account of a true event
D
an intense narrative of historical fiction

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