Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw

According to 'Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw,' four Kansas students set out to answer a question in 1999. What was that question?

• How were dogs used in Sendler’s rescue missions in Poland?

• Why was Sendler so well remembered when other heroes weren’t?

• How did Sendler manage to smuggle thousands of Jewish children past Nazi guards?

• Why would Sendler forge documents to rescue Jewish children during World War II?

According to 'Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw,' how did Sendler’s father influence her life? (para, 11)

• He rescued children from the Nazis.

• He trained her to treat diseases.

• He set an example of dedication to others.

• He taught her all about the Warsaw Ghetto.

According to 'Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw,' why did Sendler keep detailed lists of the children she saved? (para, 16)

• a. She planned to use the lists to reunite the children with their families after the war.

• b. She knew she could use the information to save her own life if the Nazis ever arrested her.

• c. She planned to write a book about her experiences and wanted to mention the children by name.

• d. She wanted to contact the children after the war because she knew their parents would die.

What is the most likely meaning of irrelevant as it is used in this passage from "Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw"? “My parents taught me,” Irena wrote back, “that if a man is drowning, it is irrelevant what is his religion or nationality. One must help him.”

• urgent

• not funny

• complicated

• not important

What is the most likely mean of detection as it is used in this passage.

At other times, the ambulance was used to conceal heathy children. She had the assistance of the ambulance driver and of a dog. When the children would start to whimper, and she feared detection, she would hit her dog on his paw, and he would begin to bark.

• illness

• getting hurt

• being found out

• moving at high speeds

What is the meaning of interred in the following sentence from "Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw"? Irena passed away on May 12, 2008, and was interred in Warsaw’s Powaski cemetery—a place reserved for the elite among Poland’s artists, writers, scholars, and war heroes.

• buried

• sculpted

• celebrated

• remembered

As described in “Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw,” how are the Kansas students most like Irena Sendler?

• Both Sendler and the Kansas students are now dead.

• Both Sendler and the Kansas students put their lives at risk.

• Both Sendler and the Kansas students are award-winning storytellers.

• Both Sendler and the Kansas students worked to save something precious.

What does the reader learn about Irena Sandler in this passage?

Taking advantage of both her official position and the German's paranoia of germs, she would go into the Ghetto under the ruse of wanting to stop the spread of disease beyond the ghetto walls. Officially, she was examining Jews for signs of contagious diseases. In reality, she was looking for children to save.

• She was clever.

• She was dishonest.

• She was self-serving.

• She was actually a doctor.

Near the beginning and the end of “Irena Sendler: Rescuer of the Children of Warsaw,” the author gives information about four students in Kansas. Why does she frame the story in this way?

• She wants to show how the students were saved by Sendler.

• She wants to show that today’s students are worthy of adults’ respect.

• She wants to show how the events of long ago are linked to events of today.

• She wants to show that the students are the most important focus of the article.