Sentence Structure — Unit test Answers

Read these lines from “Harriet Tubman.”Nineteen times she went back SouthTo get three hundred othersShe ran for her freedom nineteen timesTo save Black sisters and brothers

Which question would be most important to ask in an interview related to the theme "winning requires sacrifice"?

Read the information about author Jane Yolen.Jane Yolen was born in the United States just before World War II began. Her parents were Jewish, and she later became a Quaker. Yolen has written poems, songs, and newspaper articles from a young age. She published her first book in 1961.Read the excerpt from The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen."Mama,” Hannah said when the TV was turned off and calm restored at last to the room, "why does he bother with it? It’s all in the past. There aren’t any concentration camps now. Why bring it up? It’s embarrassing. I don’t want any of my friends to meet him. What if he shouts at them or does something else crazy? Grandpa Dan doesn’t shout at the TV or talk about the war like that.”

Read the excerpt from The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen."Give them this!” Grandpa Will shouted at the TV, holding up his left arm to the set. The sleeve of his shirt was rolled up above the elbow. The photograph of a Nazi colonel, standing sharply at attention, flashed by. "I’ll give them this!” . . .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.Read the excerpt from Refugee by Alan Gratz."Gathering us?” Papa said. He looked even more frightened by the prospect than Josef’s mother had. "Like—like a roll call?” He stood up and backed against a wall. "No,” he said. "The things that happened at roll call. The hangings. The floggings. The drownings. The beatings.” He wrapped his arms around himself, and Josef knew his father was talking about that place. Dachau.

Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Dorchester County, in Caroline County, the masters kept hearing whispers about the man named Moses, who was running off slaves. At first they did not believe in his existence. The stories about him were fantastic, unbelievable. Yet they watched for him. They offered rewards for his capture.

Read the passage from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs.The next morning I was on deck as soon as the day dawned. I called Fanny to see the sunrise, for the first time in our lives, on free soil; for such I then believed it to be. We watched the reddening sky, and saw the great orb come up slowly out of the water, as it seemed. Soon the waves began to sparkle, and every thing caught the beautiful glow. Before us lay the city of strangers. We looked at each other, and the eyes of both were moistened with tears.

Read the question from an interview with Florence Griffith-Joyner.WILL: I love watching you run--you seem to have such joy. What does it feel like to know that you are the best woman in the world at something?

Read the passage from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry.When she finally arrived in Pennsylvania, she had traveled roughly ninety miles from Dorchester County. She had slept on the ground outdoors at night. She had been rowed for miles up the Choptank River by a man she had never seen before. She had been concealed in a haycock, and had, at one point, spent a week hidden in a potato hole in a cabin which belonged to a family of free Negroes. She had been hidden in the attic of the home of a Quaker. She had been befriended by stout German farmers, whose guttural speech surprised her and whose well-kept farms astonished her.

Read the excerpts.From A Feeding Study about Cats by Daniel CohenA team of researchers has discovered that cats that eat once a day are healthier and more satisfied than cats that are fed multiple times a day. The team studied eight healthy indoor cats over three weeks. Some of the cats were fed once a day, while others were fed four times a day. The researchers observed the cats’ activity levels each day. They also measured the cats’ body weights and the levels of various chemicals in their blood. The data showed that the cats that ate once a day were less hungry and had more protein in their blood, suggesting that they are better able to build and maintain muscle. The researchers found that neither group gained weight during the study.From Responsible Cat Ownership by Navita GuptaOver 25% of households in the United States have at least one cat. How can these cat owners keep their pets happy and healthy? First, it is important to feed cats nutritious food. The amount of food a cat needs depends on the size and activity level of the cat. For example, if the cat is very playful, it will need more food as opposed to a cat that spends most of the day lying around. Either way, it is important to keep cats on a feeding schedule. Most cat owners feed their cats twice a day—usually every eight to twelve hours. Others choose to feed their cats once per day. No matter what schedule an owner chooses, food should never be left out all day. This can cause cats to overeat and gain weight.