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Read the excerpt from Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier's Home.”In the evening he practiced on his clarinet, strolled down town, read and went to bed. He was still a hero to his two young sisters. His mother would have given him breakfast in bed if he had wanted it. She often came in when he was in bed and asked him to tell her about the war, but her attention always wandered.What important detail about Krebs’s sisters and mother is revealed?

A
Both of his sisters and his mother are very naive.
B
His sisters and his mother have never left town.
C
His sisters and his mother are very fond of him.
D
Neither his sisters nor his mother care for Krebs.
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Which excerpt from O’Connor’s “Good Country People” best reveals the irony of the main character’s name, Joy?

A
Mrs. Hopewell thought of her as a child though she was thirty-two years old and highly educated.
B
She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her.
C
And when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum...
D
She saw it as the name of her highest creative act.
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Read the excerpt from “Good Country People.”Mrs. Hopewell liked to tell people...how she had happened to hire the Freemans in the first place and how they were a godsend to her and how she had had them four years. The reason for her keeping them so long was that they were...good country people...Before the Freemans she had averaged one tenant family a year...Mrs. Hopewell, who had divorced her husband long ago, needed someone to walk over the fields with her; and when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum... that Mrs. Hopewell would say, “If you can’t come pleasantly, I don’t want you at all,” to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward, would reply, “If you want me, here I am—LIKE I AM.”Based on the excerpt, what inferences can be made about the story’s setting?

A
It is located on a farm with many field hands and employees.
B
It is located on a wide, isolated expanse of farmland.
C
It is in a small town where everyone is friendly toward one another.
D
It is in a deserted town in which mysterious events occur.
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Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.Which best describes the tone of the excerpt?

A
untrustworthy
B
personal
C
formal
D
impartial
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Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries, and which will afford assurance that all the men in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want;This statement is based on the assumption that

A
peace is not possible for all people of the world.
B
some men will still lead lives of fear and want.
C
the allied powers will defeat Nazi Germany.
D
Germany will cooperate with Great Britain and the US.
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Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the object of securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement and social security;This statement is based on the assumption that

A
improved labor standards, economic achievement, and social security are not always possible.
B
most countries will want to cooperate with the US and Great Britain after the war ends.
C
Churchill and Roosevelt have already developed a plan for international economic improvements.
D
all countries will cooperate to achieve common goals with regard to the world economy.
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Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Third, they respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them;Which approach best describes the tone of the excerpt?

A
subjective with a number of loaded words and phrases
B
subjective with a reliance on facts and logic
C
objective with a number of words relying on authority
D
objective with a string of logical deductions and facts
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Read the excerpt.My father had never met Andrzej, yet that morning he sent for the boy he had forbidden me to see to come into our house. Not a word had been spoken to me about these arrangements. This was my father, and of course I was not consulted.I was standing in the kitchen when I heard Andrzej’s voice at our door. My knees sank. Mama scrutinized me. I did not even look at his face.“Welcome, Andrzej. Please have a seat.” Papa offered him a chair. . . .“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.”Determine the narrator’s point of view in Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.

A
a historian recounting her own experiences during the Holocaust
B
a historian describing a survivor’s experiences during the Holocaust
C
a teenager describing her own experiences during the Holocaust
D
a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust
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Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.Thrown off balance, struggling to keep from falling into the abyss below, I plummeted out of reach. Rolling down the steep incline, I grabbed at tree branches to break my fall as they ripped the mittens from my hands. Biting my tongue, I splashed into a stream with no cushion but ice-covered boulders. The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked. Which best describes the impact of this excerpt that reflects Gelissen’s decision to tell her story in memoir form?

A
It provides a variety of personal accounts of World War II and the Holocaust.
B
It provides an objective and detached account of a major historical event.
C
It provides a history of the key events of World War II and the Holocaust.
D
It provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.
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Read the excerpt from Rena Kornreich Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.That night changed everything. It had become dangerous for me to live in Tylicz. . . . Papa deliberated long and hard over whom to contact about smuggling me across the border.Andrzej had been fighting the Germans when Poland had first been invaded, but he’d been fortunate enough to escape capture; returning secretly to Tylicz, he was now working for the Polish resistance.Who knew the border better than Andrzej?...“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.”What assumptions can be made about the setting described in the excerpt?

A
It takes place in present day Europe.
B
It takes place in Europe during the WWII era.
C
It takes place in present day United States.
D
It takes place in the United States in the WWII era.
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Read the excerpt from Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.” “I heard what happened last night, Mr. Kornreich. I understand your concern.” “I have no money to pay you for this favor.” “Sir, I would not take any money from you. She is my friend since childhood. I will do whatever you ask to help your daughter.” “Thank you.” Papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. “You seem like a man of your word. If you would bring Rena across the border to Slovakia, her mother and I might find sleep at night.” Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt?

A
Rena’s father is nervous about Rena leaving with a man she has never met before.
B
Tylicz is the only safe place for the Jews of Europe, and Andrzej has agreed to take Rena there.
C
Rena’s father asks Andrzej to take her to safety in Slovakia, and he agrees to do so.
D
After much deliberation, Rena’s father pays a man to take her safely across the border to Slovakia.
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Read the excerpt.The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked.Finally, Andrzej signaled for me to stand up. Slowly, bracing my hands against the river rocks, I stood. My legs were barely able to stand my weight, they were shaking so badly with cold and fear.Which best describes the impact of Gelissen’s first-person account of her experiences in the excerpt from Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz?

A
It educates the reader on the historical sequence of events.
B
It causes the reader to question the truthfulness of the text.
C
It helps the reader to better understand the author’s pain and fear.
D
It distracts the reader from the narrative development of the story.
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Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.” Look at this image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.What idea is related in both excerpts?

Question illustration
A
the sense of relief people experienced when they found a way to escape during the Holocaust
B
the sense of fearful hesitancy people experienced while living under the oppression of Nazis fascism during the Holocaust
C
the sickness parents experienced as they were separated from their children during the Holocaust
D
the sense of confusion small children and older adults experienced during the Holocaust

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