Teens Against Hitler

Lauren Tarshis quotes Ben Kamm as saying, “Who could imagine such things?” (p. 7) Which of the following ideas does this quote best support?

• The partisans helped save many Jewish people.
• Ben’s family was killed in the Holocaust.
• No one expected the Holocaust to happen.
• Anti-Semitism was a fact of life in many European cities during the 1920s and ’30s.

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Which is another way that Tarshis supports the idea that you chose as your answer to question 1?

• She compares the partisans to characters in Robin Hood.
• She quotes Ben as saying, “We took them with us, and they survived the war.” (p.10
• She explains that after World War I, the German people felt humiliated, tired, and bitter,
• She describes a typical evening in the Kamm household before the war.

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Which best describes the Warsaw ghetto?

• a poor Jewish neighborhood in Warsaw
• an area in Warsaw where Jewish people were forced to live
• a concentration camp in Warsaw
• a partisan base outside of Warsaw

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Consider this line: “The man’s words are like the cold wind that blows off the nearby Vistula River.” (p. 6) What is the purpose of the simile?

• to help the reader understand how cold the wind from the Vistula River feels
• to help the reader understand that the man’s words make Ben uncomfortable, but only briefly
• to hint that the man is a Nazi
• to tell the reader about the weather

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In the section “Luck and Sorrow” on page 10, which pair of words best describe Tarshis’s tone as she writes about the end of World War II?

• victorious, admiring
• furious, aggressive
• somber, factual
• shocked, questioning

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The journal entry on page 9 helps you understand more about

• the relationships between the partisans and the people they were protecting in the forests.
• why Ben decided to join the partisans.
• the kinds of attacks that partisans carried out against the Germans.
• what Ben’s life was probably like as a partisan.

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It’s unfair to ___________ the debate captain for her team’s loss at the championship. The other team simply did a better job.

• scapegoat
• sabotage

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My mom says that learning about other cultures and religions can help combat ____________.

• bigotry
• sabotage

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The _____________ marked one of the darkest chapters of human history.

• Holocaust
• holocaust

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The small beach town was ____________ after the storm; even the lifeguard towers were destroyed.

• sabotaged
• annihilated

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