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Context Clues, Roots, and Affixes — Unit test Answers

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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

peace is not possible for all people of the world.

some men will still lead lives of fear and want.

the allied powers will defeat Nazi Germany.

Germany will cooperate with Great Britain and the US.

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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 historian recounting her own experiences during the Holocaust

a historian describing a survivor’s experiences during the Holocaust

a teenager describing her own experiences during the Holocaust

a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust

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?

It educates the reader on the historical sequence of events.

It causes the reader to question the truthfulness of the text.

It helps the reader to better understand the author’s pain and fear.

It distracts the reader from the narrative development of the story.

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?

It provides a variety of personal accounts of World War II and the Holocaust.

It provides an objective and detached account of a major historical event.

It provides a history of the key events of World War II and the Holocaust.

It provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.

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?

the sense of relief people experienced when they found a way to escape during the Holocaust

the sense of fearful hesitancy people experienced while living under the oppression of Nazis fascism during the Holocaust

the sickness parents experienced as they were separated from their children during the Holocaust

the sense of confusion small children and older adults experienced during the Holocaust

Read this excerpt from "Talking Robots."Sejnowski rejected the usual top-down approach to reproducing human speech. He threw out the fat dictionaries of pronunciation and programs brimming with the rules of phonetics and the tedious list of exceptions to all the previous rules, which had no rhyme or reason. Instead, he replaced all this with a surprisingly simple neural circuit. What is the author’s purpose for including this statement?

to prove Sejnowski’s credentials

to clarify how linguists teach speech

to criticize robots with neural circuits

to praise Sejnowski’s innovation

Read this excerpt from "Why No Policeman on the Block?"Any neophyte surfing the Net for the first time will be frustrated by the fact that it has no intelligence whatsoever; like a newborn baby, it is a blank slate. Worse, there are no rules or traffic cops, no regulations or even directory of the Internet. What is the author’s purpose for including this statement?

to prove that the Internet needs improvement

to provide evidence that computer users are unskilled

to criticize the federal control of the Internet

to give a chronology of the Internet’s evolution

What theme is addressed in Okita’s poem "In Response to Executive Order 9066"?

During World War II, Japanese Americans were not the enemy.

For legitimate security measures, the US had to intern Japanese Americans.

Japanese Americans posed a serious risk to the security of the country.

Japanese Americans were extremely angered by their forced internment.

Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence."But the few wondrous shells and pebbles picked up by Newton and other scientists on the seashore helped to trigger a marvelous chain of events. A profound transformation occurred in human society. With Newton’s mechanics came powerful machines, and eventually the steam engine, the motive force which reshaped the world by overturning agrarian society, spawning factories and stimulating commerce, unleashing the industrial revolution, and opening up entire continents with the railroad.Select the most accurate summary of Kaku’s argument.

Newton’s scientific study transformed knowledge of the ocean and encouraged countless transformative inventions.

Newton’s discoveries led to the invention of machines and the beginning of an industrialized society.

Newton’s invention of the steam engine revolutionized transportation around the world.

Newton’s followers invented the machines that later stimulated factory productivity and success.

Read this excerpt from "Why No Policeman on the Block?"Already, young computer nerds who have attempted to fill this curious vacuum by writing simple directories for the Internet have amassed fabulous fortunes overnight when their companies went public. Netscape’s co-founder Jim Clark’s fortune ballooned to an astonishing half billion dollars the day the company went public. (Clark reached billionaire status only eighteen months after starting his company; it took Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, twelve years.) Which is the most accurate summary of Kaku’s argument?

Young people interested in pursuing Internet-related careers are likely to accomplish financial success.

The rapid success of Netscape’s launch is proof that there is a demand for Internet directories.

Internet commerce moguls, such as Jim Clark, will generate billions of dollars in profits for their companies.

Innovative individuals, such as Jim Clark, will greatly assist the future of Internet efficiency.

Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066.Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in Section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U.S.C., Title 50, Sec. 104). What assumption is Roosevelt making in this paragraph?

The US is under threat of espionage and sabotage.

Japanese Americans pose a threat to national security.

Acts of espionage are most likely already happening.

Sabotage of national-defense premises have occurred.

How does Michio Kaku develop the idea of future Internet intelligence in "The Intelligent Planet"?

by comparing the Internet to a magic mirror

by recounting the history of rapid Internet growth

by describing the impending changes in other scientific fields

by offering quantitative research about Internet funding

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?

Both support the fact that millions of innocent Jews were rounded up and taken to concentration camps.

Both support the idea that Wiesel and Spiegelman’s father continue to be haunted by their memories of the Holocaust.

Both detail an account of Wiesel and Spiegelman’s fathers being transported to Auschwitz.

Both depict the emotional impact of what it was like to be sorted and separated by the Nazis and then shipped to the unknown.

Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066.. . . I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated Commander deems such action necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion.By giving military commanders the authority to determine when, where, and how long a person needs to be detained, President Roosevelt is assuming

the internment of American citizens will be difficult to justify.

very few Japanese Americans will actually need to be interned.

Japanese Americans pose a serious threat against US security.

all the commanders will move forward fairly and with sound judgment.

Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".Of course I’ll come. I’ve packed my galoshesand three packets of tomato seeds. Denise calls themlove apples. My father says where we’re goingthey won’t grow.The father’s comment in this stanza lends the poem a tone of

playfulness.

irony.

formality.

hopelessness.

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