Holocaust: Memory & Meaning Reading Assessment Jesse Owens

Which statement BEST describes the central idea of paragraphs 19–27?

• Jesse Owens was by far the best athlete at the 1936 Olympics.

• Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe helped the United States Olympic team dominate the games.

• Owens’s history-making performance disproved the myth of Aryan supremacy.

• Jesse Owens is an underappreciated athlete.

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This question has two parts. Part 2: Which paragraph BEST supports your answer?

• Paragraph 22

• Paragraph 23

• Paragraph 24

• Paragraph 25

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What is the BEST option for replacing “dazzling” in this sentence? Owens captivated the crowd with a __________ performance.

• sparkling

• solid

• thrilling

• confusing

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Read this sentence from paragraph 20: Competing against his fellow Black American, future Congressman Ralph Metcalfe, and four other sprinters, Owens “ripped out of his starting holes,” an eyewitness said, “as though slung by a giant catapult,” and led from the first stride. Which choice BEST describes what role this sentence plays in the passage?

• It provides evidence that multiple athletes on the American Olympic team performed well.

• It creates suspense by making readers wonder whether Owens will be successful.

• It provides a firsthand account of how Owens’s speed seemed superhuman.

• It develops the idea that Black Americans faced harsh discrimination in the 1936 Olympics.

Which of the following BEST describes how Owens’s performance affected the crowd in Germany?

• The German crowd was divided in their reactions to Owens.

• The German crowd was united in support of Owens.

• The German crowd was excited but hostile toward Owens.

• The German crowd began to leave after Owens received a medal.

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This question has two parts. Part 2: Which of the following quotes from the text BEST supports your answer to Part 1?

• “It is interesting—and refreshing—to note that the German crowds anticipated this verdict by abandoning Nazi orthodoxy and cheering Owens.” (19)

• “On the first jump of the finals, Owens sailed through the air and broke the Olympic record; Long, inspired perhaps by the presence of Hitler and the frenzied chants of the crowd, vaulted and came down at the same distance. A deep hush fell over the stadium as Owens lined up for his next to last jump.” (22)

• “Everything stopped in the stadium as the two men limbered up for the final three jumps.” (22)

• “Shortly before Owens received his third gold medal, Hitler left the stadium. Reich officials said he left because of the inclement weather; others said a Black man from America had driven ‘the apostle of Nordic supremacy into sudden retreat.’” (25)

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How is the writing of paragraph 26 different from paragraphs 19–25?

• Paragraph 26 is told from Owens’s point of view.

• Paragraph 26 tells the reader about many years of Owens’s life.

• Paragraph 26 gives the reader a replay of Owens’s accomplishments at the Olympics.

• Paragraph 26 describes Hitler’s reaction to Owens’s performance.

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Which of the following is an inference you can make from paragraph 26?

• Jesse Owens wasn’t considered a hero in the United States.

• Jesse Owens’s celebrity helped him find employment after the Olympics.

• Jesse Owens faced discrimination when he returned to the United States.

• Jesse Owens never accomplished anything after the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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This question has two parts. Part 2: Select the quote that BEST supports your answer to Part 1.

• Owens returned to America and a hero’s ticker-tape parade.

• I wasn’t invited up to shake hands with Hitler.

• I couldn’t ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door, I couldn’t live where I wanted…

• Towards the end of his life, he told a reporter that the four gold medals of Berlin had kept him alive ‘over the years’...

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What did Owens mean when he said, “Time has stood still for me” (26)?

• Owens would always feel strength and pride because of the 1936 Olympics.

• Owens wanted everyone to remember what he accomplished at the 1936 Olympics.

• Owens’s whole life was better because the Olympics made him a celebrity.

• Owens missed his days as the world’s fastest man.

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