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Grade 8, Collection 5 Test

Analyzing Text: Literature

Directions Read the following excerpt from a play. Then answer the questions that follow.

Kindertransport describes Evelyn's life as an adult, and as a child before and after being separated from her parents during World War II. At the beginning of the play, Evelyn's adult daughter Faith finds letters from Helga, Evelyn's mother, and asks Evelyn about their family history. In this excerpt, Evelyn attempts to describe memories from her childhood to Faith and her foster mother, Lil.

from Kindertransport1 Diane Samuels

Act Two, Scene One

1. EVELYN. Do you still want to know about my childhood, about my origins, about my parents?

2. FAITH. Yes.

3. EVELYN. Well, let me tell you. Let me tell you what little remains in my brain. And if I do, will you leave me alone afterwards. Will you please leave me alone?

4. FAITH. If that's what you want.

5. EVELYN. My father was called Werner Schlesinger. My mother was called Helga. They lived in Hamburg. They were Jews. I was an only child. I think I must have loved them a lot at one time. One forgets what these things feel like. Other feelings displace the original ones. I remember a huge cone of sweets that I had on my first day at school. There were a lot of toffees . . .

6. FAITH. What else?

7. LIL. Faith.

8. FAITH. What else do you remember?

9. EVELYN. Books. Rows and rows . . . a whole house built of books and some of them were mine. A storybook filled with dreadful pictures: a terrifying man with razor eyes, long, long fingernails; hair like rats' tails2 who could see wherever you were, whatever you did, no matter how careful you tried to be, who could get in through sealed windows and closed doors . . .

10. FAITH. Go on.

11. EVELYN. The only other thing is a boy with a squint on the train I came away on. I kept trying not to look at him. Please believe me, Faith, there is nothing else in my memory from that time. It honestly is blank.

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12. FAITH. What happened to your parents?

13. EVELYN. They died.

14. FAITH. In a concentration camp?

15. EVELYN. Yes. In Auschwitz.

16. LIL. When did you find that out?

17. FAITH. When did they die?

18. EVELYN. My father died in 1943. He was gassed soon after arrival.

19. FAITH. What about your mother?

20. EVELYN. My mother . . . she was . . . she was not gassed.

21. FAITH. What happened to her?

22. HELGA enters. She is utterly transformed – thin, wizened, old-looking. Her hair is thin and short.

23. HELGA. Ist das Eva? (Is it Eva?)

24. EVA3 is speechless.

25. HELGA. Bist Du das, Eva? (Is that you, Eva?)

26. EVA. Mother?

27. HELGA approaches EVA and hugs her. EVA tries to hug back but is clearly very uncomfortable.

28. HELGA. Ich hätte Dich nicht erkannt. (How much you have changed.)

29. EVA. I'm sorry. I don't quite understand.

30. HELGA. How much you have changed.

31. EVA. So have you.

32. HELGA. You are sixteen now.

33. EVA. Seventeen.

34. HELGA. Blue is suiting to you. A lovely dress.

35. EVA. Thank you.

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36. HELGA. You are very pretty.

37. EVA. This is a nice hotel. I can't believe you'rehere.

38. HELGA. I promised I would come, Eva.

39. EVA. I'm called Evelyn now.

40. HELGA. What is Evelyn?

41. EVA. I changed my name.

42. HELGA. Why?

43. EVA. I wanted an English name.

44. HELGA. Eva was the name of your great grandmother.

45. EVA. I didn't mean any disrespect.

46. HELGA. No. Of course not.

47. EVA. I'm sorry.

48. HELGA. Nothing is the same any more.

49. EVA. It's just that I've settled down now.

50. HELGA. These are the pieces of my life.

51. EVA. There were no letters for all those years and then I saw the newsreels and newspapers

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52. HELGA. I am putting them all back togetheragain.

53. EVA. I thought the worst.

54. HELGA. I always promised that I would come and get you.

55. EVA. I was a little girl then.

56. HELGA. I am sorry that there has been such a delay. It was not of my making. (Pause.) I am your Mutti, Eva.

57. EVA. Evelyn.

58. HELGA. Eva. Now I am here, you have back your proper name.

59. EVA. Evelyn is on my naturalisation papers.

60. HELGA. Naturalised as English?

61. EVA. And adopted by Mr and Mrs Miller.

62. HELGA. How can you be adopted when your own mother is alive for you?

63. EVA. I thought that you were not alive.

64. HELGA. Never mind it. We have all done bad things in the last years that we regret. That is how we survive.

65. EVA. What did you do?

66. HELGA. I was right to send you here, yes? It is good to survive. Is it not, Eva?

67. EVA. Please call me Evelyn.

68. HELGA. Now we must put our lives right again. We will go to New York where your Onkel Klaus will help us to make a beginning.

69. EVA. All the way to New York?

70. HELGA. Who is here for us? No one. The remains of our family is in America.

71. EVA. I have a family here.

72. HELGA. These people were just a help to you in bad times. You can to leave them now behind. The bad times are finished. I know it.

73. EVA. I like it here.

74. HELGA. You will like it better in America.

75. EVA. Do I have to go away with you?

76. HELGA. That is what I came for.

77. RATCATCHER music.

Excerpt from Kindertransport by Diane Samuels. Text copyright © 1995, 1996, 2008 by Diane Samuels.

Reprinted by permission of Nick Hern Books.

1 Kindertransport: the name of the refugee program that helped 10,000 children escape from Nazi

Germany and other Nazi-occupied countries during World War II.

2 a terrifying man with razor eyes, long, long fingernails; hair like rats' tails: a reference to the Ratcatcher, a mythical character in Kindertransport. This character is based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a German folk character who lures children away from their parents.

3 EVA: Evelyn as a young girl.

1. What can you infer about Evelyn based on the dialogue in paragraphs 1–4?

2. What does the dialogue in paragraphs 3–5 reveal about Evelyn's state of mind?

A. She has a difficult time trying to remember her life as a child.

B. She enjoys her memories of the love and happiness she experienced as a child.

C. She is thankful that she does not have to face the horrors of her childhood.

D. She wishes that she could have returned to her childhood home.

3. How does the author use dialogue to move the action and setting from the present back into the past?

A. In paragraphs 8–9, Evelyn's memories about books change the setting to pre-war Germany.

B. In paragraphs 10–11, Evelyn's memory of the boy on the train introduces a flashback about her journey out of Germany.

C. In paragraphs 14–15, Faith's question about the concentration camp causes Evelyn to recall the scene at Auschwitz.

D. In paragraphs 19–21, Faith's insistent questions force Evelyn to remember what happened to her mother.

4. From paragraphs 22–28, you can infer that the scene has shifted to

A. a few years after the war when Eva finds out her mother is not dead.

B. when Eva was about to be separated from her parents.

C. a childhood dream in which Helga rescues Eva from the Nazis.

D. a fantasy sequence about what might have happened if Helga were still alive.

5. What is the impact of the author's choice to include German words in the dialogue of the play?

A. It gives essential cultural background for the characters.

B. It emphasizes that Helga and Eva are basically strangers after the war.

C. It illustrates that Helga resists Eva's new Englishidentity.

D. It suggests that Eva may understand German, but chooses not to speak it.

6. Which paragraphs BEST illustrate that Eva wants to forget her past in Germany and build a new identity?

A. paragraphs 28–31

B. paragraphs 32–37

C. paragraphs 39–43

D. paragraphs 53 and 54

7. In paragraph 56, Helga states "I am your Mutti, Eva" in order to

8. In paragraphs 56–59, the characters' repetition of "Eva" and "Evelyn" illustrates

A. the difference between Eva's legal name and Helga's nickname for her.

B. the conflict between Helga's ideas about preserving her family and Eva's new English identity.

C. the misunderstanding between Eva and Helga about Eva's official legal name.

D. the argument between Eva and Helga about what name should be on Eva's naturalization papers.

9. In paragraphs 68–72, what does the dialogue reveal about Helga?

A. She believes that Evelyn should discard her new life and family.

B. She is willing to do anything to be with Evelyn.

C. She wants Evelyn to understand her options and choose her own path.

D. She thinks that Evelyn's new family will be cruel now that World War II is ove

Analyzing Text: Informational Text

Directions Read the following selection. Then answer the questions that follow.

In this excerpt, the diarist Samuel Pepys describes the first day of the Great Fire of London, which lasted from September 2–5, 1666. This fire destroyed more churches, houses, and property than any other fire in London's history.

from The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

1. 2nd (Lord's day). Some of our mayds sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City. So I rose and slipped on my night-gowne, and went to her window, and thought it to be on the back-side of Marke-lane at the farthest; but, being unused to such fires as followed, I thought it far enough off; and so went to bed again to sleep.

2. About seven rose again to dress myself, and there looked out at the window and saw the fire not so much as it was and further off. So to my closett to set things to rights after yesterday's cleaning. By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down to-night by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down all

Fish-street, by London Bridge. So I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower, and there got up upon one of the high places, Sir J. Robinson's little son going up with me; and there I did see the houses at the end of the bridge all on fire, and an infinite great fire on this and the other side the end of the bridge; which, among other people, did trouble me for poor little Michell and our Sarah on the bridge. So down, with my heart full of trouble, to the Lieutenant of the Tower, who tells me that it begun this morning in the King's baker's house in Pudding-lane, and that it hath burned St. Magnus's Church and most part of Fish-street already.

3. So I down to the water-side, and there got a boat and through bridge, and there saw a lamentable fire. Poor Michell's house, as far as the Old Swan, already burned that way, and the fire running further, that in a very little time it got as afar as the Steele-yard, while I was there. Everybody endeavouring to remove their goods, and flinging into the river or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering from one pair of stairs by the water-side to another. . .

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4. Having seen as much as I could now, I away to White Hall by appointment, and there walked to St. James's Parke, and there met my wife and Creed and Wood and his wife, and walked to my boat; and there upon the water again, and to the fire up and down, it still encreasing, and the wind great. So near the fire as we could for smoke; and all over the Thames, with one's face in the wind, you were almost burned with a shower of fire-drops. This is very true; so as houses were burned by these drops and flakes of fire, three or four, nay, five or six houses, one from another. When we could endure no more upon the water, we to a little ale-house on the Bankside, over against the Three Cranes, and there staid till it was dark almost, and saw the fire grow; and, as it grew darker, appeared more and more, and in corners and upon steeples, and between churches and houses, as far as we could see up the hill of the City, in the most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire.

10. Which element of this excerpt signals that this is a diary instead of an autobiography?

11. In paragraph 1, what evidence suggests that large fires were not common in 1666?

A. Pepys' maid said it was a "great fire."

B. Pepys said he was not used to large fires.

C. Pepys got up to look out the window at the fire.

D. One of Pepys' maids woke him to tell him about the fire.

12. In paragraph 2, which of the following phrases BEST expresses a change in Pepys's tone?

A. "made myself ready presently"

B. "Sir J. Robinson's little son"

C. "upon one of the high places"

D. "with my heart full of trouble"

13. Which of the following sentences suggests that Pepys was wealthy?

A. "Some of our mayds sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to-day . . ."

B. "About seven rose again to dress myself, and there looked out at the window and saw the fire . . ."

C. "By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down to-night by the fire . . . "

D. "So I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower, and there got up upon one of the high places . . ."

14. In the final sentence of paragraph 4, Pepys's language suggests that the fire is like

15. Based on paragraph 4, which statement BEST describes the effect of the Great Fire of London on Pepys?

A. He recognizes the fire's destruction, but for the most part he can still socialize and enjoy his normal life.

B. He feels contempt for those involved in the fire, so he defiantly goes about his normal day.

C. He sees how fast the fire is spreading, but he does not know how he could contribute to stopping it.

D. He seems afraid for his own life and property, so he checks on his boat and meets with his wife.

16. Which of the following suggests that Pepys did not expect anyone to read his diary?

A. He explains in detail exactly what he did and where he went.

B. He explains his thoughts and feelings as he observed the tragedy.

C. He uses vivid language to describe frightening details of a catastrophe.

D. He refers to people readers would not know and he does not explain who they are.

17. In paragraph 64 and 72 of Kindertransport, Helga repeatedly uses the word "bad." What does this word choice reveal about Helga's wartime experience?

18. In paragraph 4 of The Diary of Samuel Pepys, how does Pepys's word choice create a vivid picture of the Great Fire of London?

Vocabulary

Directions Use your understanding of connotations and denotations to answer the following questions.

19. Read the following sentence from paragraph 70 of Kindertransport.

HELGA. Who is here for us? No one. The remains of our family is in America. In this sentence, the connotation of the word remains suggests that

A. most of the family is dead.

B. the family in America is small but loving.

C. the family in America is large and interesting.

D. much of the family has been displaced around the world.

Revising and Editing

Directions Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

(1) The small woman barely reached my chest but she seemed so much larger. (2) She always pointed and wagged her finger at me. (3) Ms. Foster this tiny but intimidating woman was the supervisor of our school paper. (4) As a writer and an editor, I would look to her for encouragement and support and even friendship.

(5) On the first day of school, the staff members of the paper had gathered for our first meeting of the year. (6) In came Ms. Foster. (7) She was tiny not quite five feet and full of energy with a wide and welcoming smile. (8) Sometimes it seemed that creative ideas just fly out of her head at us.

(9) "Everyone thinks that last year was our best year because we won lots and lots of awards, but this year is going to be even better," she said. (10) "Are you ready to do the hardest work (even harder than last year) that you have ever done?" (11) She was intense much more intense than I remembered and we editors sneaked glances at one another as we wondered what we were in for.

(13) Ms. Foster always marked up our articles with a bright red pen before she gave them back.

(14) She once wrote on my paper, "You haven't applied the skills you have learned in our workshops over the last three weeks." (15) The editors and writers stay for hours after school brought the review to Ms. Foster even though I still wasn't satisfied with it. (21) When I got it back, almost every day. (16) We designed fantastic layouts, vary the approach we took with each article, and selected the best pictures. (17) As a result, three issues of our paper won awards.

(18) For one spring issue, I was assigned to write a review of a new movie even though I disliked the movie. (19) I wondered how could I express how disappointing the movie was? (20) I she had written "It's almost there, but think back about what we said in class on Tuesday. (22) Try to remember how you felt while watching it." (23) I went home and worked all night, presenting the article to Ms. Foster the next day. (24) "Ah, you've done it!" she said, pulling her glasses off her face. (25) It felt so good to impress someone I respected so much. (26) Finally, I had succeeded.

20. Which of the following corrects a punctuation error in sentence 3?

A. Ms. Foster, this tiny but intimidating woman, was the supervisor of our school paper.

B. Ms. Foster: this tiny but intimidating woman; was the supervisor of our school paper.

C. Ms. Foster this tiny but intimidating woman—was the supervisor of our school paper.

D. Ms. Foster . . . this tiny but intimidating woman, was the supervisor of our school paper.

21. In sentence 8, choose the correct verb tense and spelling to replace the word fly.

A. flue

B. flew

C. flied

D. flyed

22. Which of the following is the BEST way to show an omission in sentence 9 without changing the meaning?

A. "Everyone thinks that last year was our best year; but this year is going to be even better," she said.

B. "Everyone thinks that last year was our best year . . . but this year is going to be even better," she said.

C. "Everyone thinks that last year was our best year." "But this year is going to be even better," she said.

D. "Everyone thinks that last year was our best year — but this year is going to be even better," she said.

23. How should sentence 10 be rewritten to show an omission of the underlined words?

A"Are you ready to do the hardest work . . . that you have ever done?" B"Are you ready to do the hardest work (. . .) that you have ever done?" C"Are you ready to do the hardest work—that you have ever done?"

D"Are you ready to do the hardest work, that you have ever done?"

24. For sentence 15, choose the correct verb tense and spelling to replace the word stay.

A. stayd

B. staid

C. staied

D. stayed

25. In sentence 16, choose the correct verb tense and spelling to replace the word vary.

A. varyed

B. varyd

C. varyied

D. varied

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