"Breakfast in Virginia" and "The Crystal Night"

What is one difference between Corporal Ellis and Corporal Williams?

• Corporal Williams is black and Corporal Ellis is white.
• Corporal Williams is from the South and Corporal Ellis is from the North.
• Corporal Ellis wants to eat breakfast but Corporal Williams is not hungry.
• Corporal Ellis likes the elderly man but Corporal Williams does not.

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I paragraph 8, the word brusquely means-

• harshly
• harmlessly
• curiously
• loudly

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Which of these is the best plot summary of the selection?

• Corporal Williams and Corporal Ellis are traveling on a segregated train during Wolrd War II.  When the two soldiers are told they cannot eat in the dining car, an elderly white man tells the steward that the men are his guests.  Despite the man's efforts, the soldiers are forbidden to sit in the car.  The elderly man apologizes to the soldiers for the stewrd's behavior and asks them whether they would like to dine with him in his compartment.
• Corporal Williams and Corporal Ellis are two African American soldiers traveling aboard a train headed to Washington, D.C.  The two soldiers have difficulty finding a place to dine aboard the train because of Jim Crow laws.  Corporal Ellis, who is from New York, decides that they should attempt to eat in the dining car.  Corporal Williams, who is from Georgia, has never eaten in a diner before but nonetheless follows his friend.
• Corporal Williams and Corporal Ellis are aboard a train bound for Washington, D.C., during World War II.Both soldiers are African American and have no access to food in the Jim Crow coach.  In the dining car an elderly white man asks them to join him, but the steward will not permit them to eat with whites.  The elderly man insists that the soldiers eat with him in his private compartment, where he treats them with respect and courtesy.
• Corporal Williams and Corporal Ellis befriend an elderly white man aboard a train during World War II.  The two soldiers find themselves dining in the man's private compartment.  The man tells the soldiers of his own son, who is fighting in North Africa.  During breakfast Corporal Williams says that this is the first time he has dined with a white man.  He then thanks the elderly man for his kindness.

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Read the following dictionary entry
service _{n. 1.  a meeting for worship  2.  one of a nation's military forces  3. a contribution to the welfare of others  4.  a building providing maintenance and repair}

Which definition best matches the way the word service is used in paragraph 7?

• Definition 1
• Definition 2
• Definition 3
• Definition 4

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Why is the train setting of the story important?

• It highlights the effects of segregation.
• It shows that transportation was difficult during the war.
• It stresses the cruelty of the steward.
• It emphasizes the importance of the passing landscape.

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What is Corporal Williams's primary internal conflict?

• He doesn't know how he will be able to get a meal.
• He doesn't know how to respond to the elderly man's kindness.
• He knows that once he gets off the train, he will have to go to war.
• He worries about traveling from the South to the North.

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Which line best demonstrates how indignant the elderly man feels?

• The sole occupant of the table was a tall, distinguished gray-haird man.
• "I am embarrassed, steward, both for you and for my guests."
• The elderly man rose, gave his name, shook hands with the two colored soldiers, and the three of them sat down at the table.
• "I will have the porter bring a table," he said.

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In paragraph 21, the dome of the Capitol symbolizes-

• the possibility of equality for all people
• the distance the train has traveled
• the potential victory over Hitlerism
• the difficulty of being a soldier

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Which of these best conveys the reality of Jim Crow laws?

• "I can eat without butter," said the Corporal.
• They took turns sleeping for a few hours.
• "You boys can't sit here."
• For the first time his eyes met those of his host.

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The reader can infer that the elderly man-

• identifies with the two corporals because his son is a soldier
• believes there should be separate types of cars on the train
• performs an act of kindness because he feels superior to the two soldiers
• is on the train because he is going to visit his son

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