WorksheetsReading Comprehension Quiz Unit 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
What do the following lines mainly reveal about Winston Churchill?
But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."
He will not go into war until he has unanimous support.
He has significant doubts over whether Great Britain will be able to defeat Germany.
He is so passionate about Great Britain’s cause that he assumes Parliament’s support is guaranteed.
He is so confident that he is practically taking Great Britain’s victory for granted.
Which of the following statements best explains the title “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat”?
Churchill is seeking sympathy for all of the British citizens who have already been lost in the war.
Churchill is downplaying the importance of the measures that need to be taken by the British government in order to defeat Germany.
It is the same motto Germany is using that led them to early successes in the war.
Churchill is focusing on how much hard work winning the war will take and how willing he is to do it.
Which of the following poetic devices does Winston Churchill use to add emphasis in the following passage (paragraph 11)?
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs - Victory in spite of all terrors - Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.
allegory
simile
repetition
personification
What do you think is the most likely reason for Anne Frank to have continued this diary after she and her family went into hiding?
To present an account that would aid in the prosecution of Nazis after the war.
To feel, in the midst of chaos, that something was under her control.
To work out a plan for escaping occupied Holland.
To provide the structure for a movie script.
Why does Anne Frank begin the second diary entry with the paragraph below?
It seems like years since Sunday morning. So much has happened it’s as if the whole world had suddenly turned upside down. But as you can see, Kitty, I’m still alive, and that’s the main thing, Father says. I’m alive all right, but don’t ask where or how. You probably don’t understand a word I’m saying today, so I’ll begin by telling you what happened Sunday afternoon.
She is under the delusion that several years have passed in a matter of days.
She can’t remember how she managed to stay alive.
She thinks she is too scared for her writing to make much sense.
She knows events so extreme have taken place that she must completely re-direct her writing.
What is the central idea, or theme, of Anne's diary excerpts?
The Franks are afraid for their lives.
The Nazis exterminated six million Jews during World War II.
The suddenness of their need to flee dropped the Franks into a bizarre existence.
If the Franks aren’t very quiet, the neighbors might turn them in.
Which of the following is a central theme of the excerpt from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?
Friends react differently to stressful situations when playing together.
Friendship has obstacles that must be overcome to form a close bond.
Friendship can develop between people with different preferences.
Friends can be unaware of an inequality within the relationship.
Based on the actions by Lieutenant Kotler in the excerpt from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, which inference can most likely be made about how he will act after he asks, “Do you know this boy, Bruno?”
He will realize he has been cruel to Shmuel and Bruno.
He will get angrier with Shmuel for being Bruno’s friend.
He will apologize to Shmuel and Bruno for frightening them.
He will let Shmuel stop polishing the glasses to play with Bruno.
What does the reader most likely understand about the relationship between Bruno and Shmuel that Bruno does not understand?
That Shmuel is a harder worker and is unwilling to play with Bruno
That Bruno’s words to Shmuel are thoughtless and inconsiderate
That Shmuel has visited Bruno’s home many times before
That Bruno has had more schooling than Shmuel has had
In Hitler Youth, which of the following statements best explains why Sophie is supportive of Hitler leading Germany in the beginning?
She had a personality that was an ideal fit for those who believed the good things taught about Hitler.
She had seen the positive results Hitler was having on Germany’s economy.
Her brother and sister were brainwashing her to become part of the Nazi Youth.
She was young and had not yet experienced the consequences of those who went against the Nazis.
What is the meaning of “Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow” as it used in the title of the text?
Hitler kept the Hitler Youth close behind him and pushed his influence onto them.
The Hitler Youth was even darker and caused more damage than Hitler himself.
Teachers were jealous of Hitler Youth because they did not have as much power as Hitler Youth.
The Hitler Youth could never live up to all of the positive changes made by Hitler during his time in power.
What do the following lines from Paragraph 10 reveal about Hitler?
For Hitler, education had one purpose: to mold children into good Nazis. As soon as the Nazis came to power, they took control of the public schools, called National Schools. They threw out old textbooks and implemented new ones. They rewrote the curriculum from the top to bottom, so that it only taught Nazi-approved ideas.
He believed that the government had previous failed in providing quality literature and textbooks to children in school.
He was well read on how schools succeeded and knew that consistency was the key.
He had no use for existing structures that he did not have control over and ideas that might lead to dissent.
He knew that the old textbooks and curriculum was what frustrated students like Sophie.
In Dear Miss Breed, which sentence from the excerpt shows how the Nikkei most likely felt about the relocation center?
“Whoever I met carried wet towels on his heads.”
“It seemed as if they had reached the ends of the earth.”
“Due to a shortage of wood, barracks were built with green pine that shrank and left cracks between the boards, allowing sand and insects to seep and creep inside.”
“Everyone over seventeen was fingerprinted and had to sign an agreement that he or she would live by the regulations of the center and work.”
Which technique does Joanne Oppenheim use to support the experience of the Nikkei?
A quote from a congressman that addresses the creation of the relocation center
A quote from a teenager that learned about the relocation center in history class
A quote from a librarian that documented the housing conditions of the Nikkei
A quote from a sociologist about the reaction of the Nikkei to the living areas
What is the meaning of dashed as it is used in the text from paragraph 5 of the excerpt of Dear Miss Breed?
It was so hot on the bus that they had opened the windows, only to be covered by powdery white dust the consistency of flour. When they stepped off the buses, friends didn’t recognize one another. When they arrived in the torrid heat of summer, at barracks that were not complete, their hopes that Poston would be an improvement over Santa Anita were dashed. It was ten degrees hotter than the Libyan desert.”
Frustrated
Sprinkled
Destroyed
Projected
