Reading Graduation Demonstration Exam

Reading Graduation Demonstration Exam

Practice Questions

Week 1: Monday

1. Why were Americans reluctant to welcome Jewish refugees?

2. Besides the U.S., what other country offered excuses for why refugees were not allowed entrance into their country?

3. At the end of the conference, what country is still willing to admit refugees?

Article #1: “The Evian Conference”

Literal Comprehension:• The correct answer should

be directly stated in the text

• Might be paraphrased• Look for key words in the

question to find the answer in the text

Week 1: Tuesday

1. “judenrein” (¶1)2. Annexed (¶ 1)3. Astounding (¶ 5)4. Plight (¶ 8)5. Deprive (¶ 8)

Article #1:“The Evian Conference”

Vocabulary:• Identify the correct

meaning of the word selected from the text

• Items may be defined using context clues

• Find the word in the article and read all around

it for context• Use process of elimination

Week 1: Wednesday

1. Why were so many Jews unable to find countries willing to take them in?

2. What did the German government find ironic about other countries criticizing them?

3. Which event happened first?

Evian Conference Limited Refugee Bill US Immigration

Quotas


Inferential Comprehension:• Requires the reader to use

information from the text to make logical conclusions

• NOT directly explained in the text

• NOT a prediction, guess, opinion

• Consider order/sequence• Look for cause/effect

Week 1: Thursday

1. Many German and Austrian Jews tried to go to the US but could not obtain visas.

Fact OR Opinion?

2. In the summer of 1938, delegates from 32 countries met at Evian.

Fact OR Opinion?

3. The Wagner-Rogers bill was not supported by the Senate in 1939 or 1940.

Fact OR Opinion?


Fact/Opinion:Distinguish between-

what is a fact (provable) and

what is an opinion (personal idea)

Week 1: Friday1. What would be a good

alternate title for this article?

2. What is the main idea of this article?

*Hint: 5Ws1 sentence=MI


Main Idea/Purpose:• Identify the main idea (5Ws)• General/universal point about

human nature or life (theme)• Consider the purpose

• Look for too broad/narrow topics

• Reread first/last paragraphs• Consider the title

Week 2: Monday

1. Who directs The Nazi Propaganda Ministry?

2. Children who were faithful to the Nazi party could join what two groups?

3. What author had his German citizenship revoked in 1938?

Article #2: “Nazi Propaganda &

Censorship”


be directly stated in the text• Might be paraphrased• Look for key words in the


Week 2: Tuesday

1. Propaganda (¶ 1)2. Tyranny (¶ 3)3. Antisemitism (¶ 4)4. Absurdity (¶ 5)5. Integrates (¶ 6)6. Censor (¶ 7)

Article #2:“Nazi Propaganda &

Censorship”

Vocabulary:• Identify the correct meaning

of the word selected from the text


• Find the word in the article and read all around it for

context• Use process of elimination

Week 2: Wednesday

1. When Helen Keller says, “Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas”, what is she saying?

2. By joining the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls, what ideas are the Nazis able to promote to young children?

3. When Joseph Goebbels proclaims, “cleansing of the German spirit”, what is he saying?

Article #1:“Nazi Propaganda & Censorship”




• NOT a prediction, guess, opinion• Consider order/sequence• Look for cause/effect

Week 2: Thursday

1. All non-German viewpoints were absurd and should be censored or eliminated from the media.

Fact OR Opinion?

2. The movie, “All Quiet on the Western Front”, was anti-German.

Fact OR Opinion?

3. On May 10, 1933, Joseph Goebbels spoke to 40,000 people at the Berlin Opera Square.

Fact OR Opinion?

Article #1:“Nazi Propaganda &

Censorship”




Week 2: Friday 1. What is the main idea of this article?

2. What would be a good alternate title for the article?

Article #1:“Nazi Propaganda & Censorship”

Main Idea/Purpose:• Identify the main idea (5Ws)• General/universal point about

human nature or life (theme)• Consider the purpose



Week 3: Monday

1. Who were the Nazis’ primary victims?

2. What happened in April-May 1943 after rumors of deportation to the Treblinka killing center?

3. For what reasons did the Jews fight back against the Nazis?

4. What ghetto was eventually destroyed in 1943?

Article #3: “Jewish Resistance”




Week 3: Tuesday 1. Collectively (¶ 1)

2. Ferocity (¶ 2)3. Pacify (¶ 2)4. Judenrat (¶ 4)5. Eluded (¶ 5)6. Mutiny/mutinied (¶ 5)7. Clandestine (¶ 6)8. Eradicate (¶ 7)

Article #3:“Jewish Resistance”






Week 3: Wednesday 1. How did rumors lead

to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?

2. How was “spiritual resistance” an effective way to preserve Jewish culture? (¶ 7)

3. How were prisoners able to rise up against the guards?







Week 3: Thursday

1. The Jews did the right thing when they rebelled against the Nazis.

Fact OR Opinion?

2. Moshe Jaffe refused to hand over Jews for deportation in 1942.

Fact OR Opinion?

3. Hannah Szenes was brave for parachuting into Hungary and Slovakia in order to help Jews in hiding.

Fact OR Opinion?





Week 3: Friday 1. What is the main idea of paragraph 6?

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 7?

3. What would be a good alternate title for the article?

4. Explain the theme of the article.


Main Idea/Purpose:• Identify the main idea (5Ws)• General/universal point about human nature or life

(theme)• Consider the purpose



Week 4: Monday 1. What countries made

up the “Allied powers”?2. What happened to

Adolf Eichmann?3. Which Nazi criminals

were given the most severe sentences?

4. Article 6 of IMT’s Charter includes what 3 types of crimes?

Article #4:“The Nuremberg Trials”




Week 4: Tuesday 1. Presided (¶ 1)

2. Abroad (¶ 3)3. Absentia (¶ 6)4. Imposes (¶ 7)5. Remanded (¶ 7)







Week 4: Wednesday

1. What are some examples of the “crimes against humanity” that the Nazis are accused of?

2. Why were high-level government officials and business executives given fewer, if any, penalties for their crimes?

3. Starting with their trial, how long did it take for the accused to receive their executions?







Week 4: Thursday 1. Many Nazi criminals

were not actually guilty, they were just following orders.

Fact OR Opinion?

2. Nazi Germany did not follow the rules of war.

Fact OR Opinion?

3. Twelve Nazi criminals received death penalties.

Fact OR Opinion?





Week 4: Friday1. What is the main idea

of paragraph 1?2. What is the main idea

of paragraph 2?


Main Idea/Purpose:• Identify the main idea (5Ws)• General/universal point about human nature or life

(theme)• Consider the purpose



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