Test #19. Name:                                                                                  Date:                                    Period:
KBARR: ___/40
Other Extra Credit:
Mental Floss.

AWR.  a) enhance  b) migration  c) conflicted  d) fundamental  e) attribute  f) despite  g) integrate  h) justify  i) valid  j) incentive
  1. The rising cost of electricity provides a strong/powerful _____ to conserve energy.
  2. The interviewer asked me what I consider to be my best _____. I told them it was my listening ability.
  3. The patient died during the night _____ our best efforts to save him.
  4. You can _____ the flavor of the dish by using fresh herbs.
  5. They have resisted efforts to _____women into the military.
  6. Ponyboy was _____ about being a greaser.
  7. Always _____ your KBARR predictions with reasons from the book.
  8. He ______(ed) his great success to listening to the advice of his seventh grade English teacher.

    Clauses. I = Independent Clause.  D = Dependent Clause.
  9. A dependent clause used as a sentence is called a...   a) a phrase   b) a fragment  c) a run-on  d) a subordinate clause  e) NOTA
  10. Since my llama left me, I've found a new place to dwell.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  11. Because Zoltan forgot his wallet, he couldn't buy broccoli.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  12. If you leave money in an account at least six months.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  13. The llama passed the test even though he didn’t study.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  14. Since the llama’s voice was strong, she was the lead in the musical.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  15. The llama read a magazine about raising rabbits.  a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I
  16. Rudolpho was upset although his mom made his favorite shnitzel. a) I  b) D  c) I + D  d) D + I

    Maus.
  17. What eventually happens to Pesach?  a) He bribes the Germans and gets out.  b) He stays with Vladek and the rest in his bunker until the Germans leave.  c) He pays someone to smuggle him out of the ghetto.  d) He bribes the Germans, but they shoot him anyway.  e) NOTA
  18. Why are the roads on p127 in the shape of a swastika?  a) In that part of Poland, the Nazis had paved some roads that way as propaganda.  b) No matter where Vladek and Anja go, they will not be safe from the Nazis.  c) It looks cool.  d) It wasn't really intended that way, but the angle of the picture makes it look like a swastika.  e) NOTA
  19. Vladek thinks Mala cares only about... a) comfort  b) money  c) her family  d) Artie  e) NOTA
  20. What frustrates Mala so much about Vladek?  a) He treats her like a maid.   b) He treats her like a nurse.  c) He is such a skinflint.  d) He makes her feel guilty.  e) All of the above.  f) NOTA
  21. Mala thinks his experiences in the war made Vladek how he is today.  a) True  b) False
  22. Why is Artie worried about portraying Vladek as he really is?  a) He thinks people won't like Vladek, and so they won't like the book.  b) He thinks Vladek will be offended.  c) Vladek isn't really the way Artie shows him.  d) He thinks it might be disrespectful to Anja.  e) He doesn't want to further the stereotype of the greedy Jew.  f) NOTA
  23. Why is Anja's tail showing on p138?  a) Her disguise isn't as good as Vladek's.  b) It's a printing mistake.  c) It shows how scared she is.  d) It shows that she can't pass for a non-Jew like Vladek.  e) NOTA
  24. p144, center panel, the woman in the scarf.  a) Anja  b) Mrs.Kawka  c) Mrs. Motonowa  d) Janina, their former nanny   e) Meinka   f) Mala  g) NOTA
  25. Why did Vladek think it was safe to go with the smugglers?  a) They spoke Yiddish.  b) Mrs. Motonowa trusted them.  c) His friend Mandelbaum trusted them.  d) Vladek got a letter back from someone who said they got through safely.  e) Anja trusted them.  f) NOTA
  26. What is ironic about Vladek’s decision to try to go to Hungary and give their spot at Mrs. Motonowa’s to Miloch and his family?  a) Because Mrs. Motonowa turned in Miloch.  b) Because Miloch was caught also.  c) Because Miloch waited out the war safely with Mrs. Motnowa.  d) Because Anja told him not to.   e) NOTA
  27. Why does Artie call Vladek a murderer in the last panel on p161?  He killed somebody in the war.  b) He wasn't able to save Mandelbaum.  c) He destroyed all of Anja's diaries and memories.  d)Artie blames him for Anja's death.  e) NOTA
  28. Why did Vladek ask Artie and Francoise to come stay with him?  a) He had a heart attack.  b) He got injured.  c) He needs money.  d) Mala left him.   e) NOTA

    Holocaust Article.
  29. Read these sentences from different sections of the article. 
    The Allied powers, which included Britain, France, the United States and many other countries, were harshly criticized after the war for their failure to respond.
    Increasing pressure on the Allied powers to create a homeland for Jewish survivors of the Holocaust eventually led to the creation of Israel in 1948.
    What is the relationship between these two sentences?  a)
    They describe an effect and its early causes.  b) They show action taken to help after initial inaction.  c) They describe a fact and its resulting opinions.  d) They show a reaction and explain the actions that caused it.
  30. Read this paragraph from the article.
    By the spring of 1945, German leadership was dissolving amid internal conflict. Several Nazi leaders were trying to distance themselves from Hitler and take power. In his last will and political testament, dictated in a German bunker on April 29, Hitler blamed the war on “international Jewry and its helpers.” The following day, he committed suicide. Germany’s formal surrender in World War II came barely a week later, on May 8, 1945.
    What can be inferred from this paragraph?  a)
    Hitler's death was the primary reason for Germany's eventual surrender and the end of World War II.  b) Hitler continued to believe in his cruel and hateful ideas despite evidence that he had lost the support of others.  c) Nazi leaders believed that Hitler would have continued to lead them to victory if he had not committed suicide.  d) Nazi leaders had planned to take power from Hitler since the beginning of the war but were unable to do so.
  31. (5) Write an original sentence in this form: I + D.