ELA Touch Base #2

Anne Frank Questions

100

What is the author's tone toward Anne Frank throughout the passage?

A. Dismissive 

B. Admiring

C. Objective

D. Critical

Correct Answer

B. Admiring

200

What is the main idea of the passage?

• A. The struggles of Jewish families during World War II
• B. The life and legacy of Anne Frank and her diary
• C. The history of Nazi Germany and its impact on Europe
• D. The development of anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany

Correct answer:

B. The life and legacy of Anne Frank And her daiary

300

According to the passage, what was the central reason the Frank family fled Germany?

• A. Otto Frank found a better business opportunity in the Netherlands
• B. They were directly threatened by Nazi soldiers in an alley
• C. Hitler's rise to power and the increasing anti-Semitism
• D. The German economy was struggling after World War I

Correct Answer: C Hitler's rise to power and increasing antisemitism

400

What text evidence supports the idea that Anne found comfort in writing?

• A. "She had a writing ability far beyond her years."
• B. "The act of writing allowed her to maintain her spirits."
• C. "Anne also filled a notebook with quotes from her favorite authors."
• D. "She wrote her first entry, addressed to an imaginary friend named Kitty."

Correct Answer: B

The act of writing allowed her to maintain her spirits

500

What is the central idea of the section titled "DIARY'S LEGACY"?

• A. Anne's diary became a bestseller after the war
• B. Otto Frank was surprised by his daughter's writing talent
• C. Anne's diary provides an important first-hand account of the Holocaust
• D. The diary has been adapted into many different languages and formats

Correct Answer: C

Anne's diary provides an important first-hand account of the Holocaust

Anne Frank Questions #2

100

Which text evidence best supports the harsh conditions the Franks endured while in hiding?

• A. "They never once able to step outside the dark, damp, portion of the building."
• B. "They were accompanied in hiding by Otto's business partner Hermann van Pels."
• C. "Anne wrote daily entries in her diary to pass the time."
• D. "The families spent two years in hiding."

Correct Answer: A "They never once able to step outside the dark, damp, portion of the building."

200

What can be inferred about Anne's personality from the evidence in the passage?

• A. She was introverted and preferred to be alone
• B. She was resilient and creative despite difficult circumstances
• C. She was angry about her family's situation
• D. She was primarily concerned with documenting historical events

Correct Answer

B. She was resilient and creative despite difficult circumstances

300

What is the author's main purpose in writing this passage?

• A. To persuade readers to read Anne Frank's diary
• B. To compare the experiences of different Jewish families during WWII
• C. To inform readers about Anne Frank's life and the historical context
• D. To criticize the Nazi regime and its treatment of Jews

Correct Answer: C

To inform readers about Anne Frank's life and the historical context

400

Which statement best represents the tone of the entire passage?

• A. Critical of the Frank family's decisions
• B. Respectful and informative about a tragic historical figure
• C. Enthusiastic about Anne's literary achievements
• D. Detached and purely factual about historical events

Correct Answer: B

Respectful and informative about a tragic historical figure

500

What type of figurative language did the author use when he said, "The families spent two years in hiding. They never once able to step outside the dark, damp, portion of the building. 

A. Personification

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Imagery 

Correct Answer:

D. Imagery

Replace the Word

100

In the passage where it says, "Unfortunately, Anne was born on the eve of dramatic changes in German society that soon disrupted her family’s happy life, as well as the lives of all other German Jews. What word can be switched with dramatic and the sentence still keeps its meaning?

A. Intense

B. Foolish

C. Strange

D. Joyful

Correct Answer:

A. Intense

200

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the extremely anti-Semitic National German Socialist Workers Party (Nazi) led by Adolph Hitler became Germany’s leading political force. They were prejudice and hostile against Jewish people.  What word can replace prejudice and the sentence still keeps the same meaning? Choose the BEST answer

A. Loving

B. Distance

C. Dejected

D. Bias

Correct Answer: D

Bias

300

The German army invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, defeating the overmatched Dutch forces after only a few days of fighting. What word can replace overmatched and the sentence still keeps the same meaning?

A. Overwhelmed

B. Powerful

C. Peaceful

D. Brutal 

Correct Answer: A

Overwhelmed

400

Starting in October of 1940, Nazi occupiers imposed anti-Jewish measures on the Netherlands. Jews were forced to wear a yellow Star of David at all times and observe a strict curfew. What word can replace imposed and the sentence still keep the same meaning?

A. To give options

B. To save

C. Compulsory

D. To negotiate 

Correct Answer: Compulsory

500

After nearly two years in hiding, the Frank’s hideout was stormed by the Nazis and everyone was taken captive and sent to concentration camps. Anne and her sister died of typhus in March of 1945, only a month before the camp was liberated by Allied soldiers. Only Otto Frank survived the Holocaust. What would can replace liberated and the sentence still keeps the same meaning?

A. Negotiated

B. Indoctrinated

C. Enslaved

D. Freed

Correct Answer: D

Freed

Homophones

100

Use the following words alter and altar in their correct context:

The pastor said, "I had to ________ my speech when I saw that kid running towards the ___________.

Correct Order

The Pastor said, I had to alter my plans when I saw that kid running towards the altar.

200

Use the words expect and accept in their correct context. 

The girl told the boy to his face, "You better _______ the fact that she don't like you anymore. She never talk to you _______ when she needs something from you." She's for the streets.

Correct Sentence

The girl told the boy to his face, "You better accept the fact that she don't like you anymore. She never talk to you except when she needs something from you." She's for the streets

300

The words are caste and cast Use them in the correct context.

There is a movie on Netflix that talks about the _____ system in India. The movie has a great ______ of characters. 

Correct Order

1. Caste

2. Cast

400

The mom and son were watching the discovery channel and the mother said in a sad voice with tears in her eyes, "I can't ______ to watch it. Just seeing that poor ________ being killed by the hunters Put the words below in the correct order in the sentence

Bear & Bare

Correct Answer:

A. Bare and Bear

500

Use the words There, Their and They're in their correct manner.

__________ they are. The future stars of America. They don't know it yet but __________ going to be the next leaders in this country and will make it big. _________ houses will be nice as well as _______ cars too.

Correct Answers: There, They're, Their, Their

Riddles!!! (Starts to dance)

100

What can you break without touching it?

Hint: Starts with the letter Promise

Correct Word:

A Promise

200

What is heavy backwards but NOT backwards?

Correct Answer: A Ton

300

It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?

Hint: Starts with a "K" 

Correct Answer:

A Keyboard

400

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, two letters there are, and two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I come in black, blue and gray colors, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way it is pronounced the same way. What am I?

Hint: States with the letter e

Correct Answer:

Eye

500

What type of "ship" has two mates but no captain?

Hint: Starts with "R"

Correct Answer: A relationship

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