The Price of Freedom HW questions

What is the author’s purpose in telling the story of the Jewish radio operator?

• To highlight the plight of those with a different faith during the war

• To reminisce about a person she regrets not knowing better

• To introduce the idea that she suffered from heartbreak and lost love

• To illustrate the apprehension and danger that the agents faced

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The phrase tête-à-tête comes from the French, meaning “head-to-head.” What is the best definition of tête-à-tête in paragraph 32?

• A private encounter

• A loud argument

• A dangerous situation

• A devious plan

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which two reasons explain why the high-ranking army officer likely selected the author to be an agent?

• She answered his questions in a manner that suggested her potential.

• She made it clear during the interview that she would not be a talker.

• She clearly knew how to speak many useful languages.

• She was so young that she could be molded into an excellent agent.

• She expressed disapproval about the way the officer interviewed her.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Based on information provided by the author, radio operators faced the most danger because —

• they were the ones the enemy devoted all their resources to capturing

• they transmitted important enemy secrets from behind enemy lines

• they received the least amount of intensive training before their mission

• they possessed the kind of equipment the enemy most wanted to have

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

One can reasonably infer from the essay that the author’s espionage work was mostly —

• life-threatening

• low-level

• in foreign countries

• of brief duration

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Based on information provided in the text, which statement best summarizes how the author felt about her work as an agent?

• It matured her.

• It hardened her.

• It overwhelmed her.

• It focused her.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which sentence contains a mental image of a setting from the selection?

• This took place on the beach, in the park, on benches in town, in telephone booths, and in the tearooms above the Gaumont Cinema. (paragraph 29)

• They didn’t even know if they would have a home, or even a country, to go back to once the war was over. (paragraph 33)

• And it was as if a magnet drew us irresistibly towards each other. (paragraph 37)

• He smiled and raised his hand to his red parachutist beret. (paragraph 45)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Based on information provided in the essay, how did the author change from the person she was at the beginning of the essay to the person she was at the end of the essay?

What inference can you make about the author’s opinion of the secret army’s sacrifices?

• She believes that they were never appropriately recognized for sacrificing their lives.

• She does not understand why they would sacrifice their lives for the cause.

• She is grateful for the ways that their sacrifice allowed others to have freedom.

• She thinks that freedom was not worth the secret army sacrificing their lives.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Select the sentence that best supports the answer to Part A.

• The mission was successful, but he didn’t return. (paragraph 48)

• When the news that I'd dreaded came through, they tried to comfort me. (paragraph 49)

• All those agents in the secret army were volunteers. (paragraph 51)

• They gave their todays, so that we might have our tomorrow. (paragraph 53)

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1