HEROES: Miep Gies

FINDING THE MAIN IDEA: One statement below expresses the main idea of the article. One statement is to general, or too broad. The other statement explains only part of the article and is too narrow. Which of the following BEST expresses the main idea?

• Every day Miep Gies shopped for food for the friends she was hiding in the secret rooms.

• Miep Gies hated the Nazis and did everything she could to oppose them.

• Risking her own life, Miep Gies hid the Frank family and other Jews from the Nazis for more than two years.

RECALLING FACTS 1: Miep agreed to hide the Franks in

• her own apartment.

• the attic above Mr. Franks office.

• the abandoned barn in the countryside.

RECALLING FACTS 2: The first person to move into the rooms was

• Otto Frank.

• Anne Frank.

• Margot Frank.

RECALLING FACTS 3: During the day, the families in the secret rooms had to be quiet because

• the building was filled with office workers.

• the building was too hot in the summer.

• Anne Frank suffered from bad headaches.

RECALLING FACTS 4: The grocer Miep trusted

• made an anonymous call to the Nazi police.

• sold her half-rotten vegetables and spoiled meats.

• was arrested for hiding Jews.

RECALLING FACTS 5: After the Nazis took Miep's friends away,

• the Nazis arrested Miep.

• Miep found Anne's diary.

• Miep published Anne's diary.

MAKING INFERENCE 1: The grocer approved of Miep's actions because he, too, was hiding Jews.

• Correct Inference (you can infer from what we read that is correct)

• Faulty Inference (you can NOT infer that this is true)

MAKING INFERENCE 2: Everyone in Amsterdam was helping the Jews hide from the Nazis.

• Correct Inference (you can infer from what we read that is correct)

• Faulty Inference (you can NOT infer that this is true)

MAKING INFERENCE 3: The people living in the secret rooms always got along very well.

• Correct Inference

• Faulty Inference

MAKING INFERENCE 4: Miep Gies is a modest, hardworking woman.

• Correct inference

• Faulty Inference