Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt Rena

Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066.

I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services.

Which statement best describes President Roosevelt's use of vocabulary in the excerpt?
Roosevelt uses loaded language to appeal to the fear and anger the American people have for the Japanese.
Roosevelt uses objective language to influence the American public with logic and reason.
Roosevelt uses objective language to emphasize his authority and garner support in the execution of the order.
Roosevelt uses loaded language to appeal to the emotions of the American public and to maintain their trust.

Read the excerpt from Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea.

My very last resistance broken, I let myself be pulled, pushed, and kicked, like a deaf and mute sleepwalker. I could see everything, grasp it and register it, but only later would I try to put in order all the sensations and all the memories. How stunned I was, for example, to discover another time outside time, a universe parallel to this one, a creation within Creation, with its own laws, customs structures, and language.

Read the text and study the image from Spiegelman's Maus.

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Which theme is addressed in both excerpts?
Ignorance of reality is preferable to awareness.
Memories can be just as painful as the event itself.
People can be worn down to the point of giving up.
Reality can be inexplicably cruel and unfair.

Which excerpt from O'Connor's "Good Country People" best reveals the irony of Joy's name?
Mrs. Hopewell thought of her as a child though she was thirty-two years old and highly educated. Joy would get up while her mother was eating, and before long, Mrs. Freeman would arrive at the back door.
Another was: that is life! And still another, the most important, was: well, other people have their opinions too. She would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her.
[A]nd when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that Mrs. Hopewell would say, "If you can't come pleasantly, I don't want you at all," to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward would reply. . . .
She saw it as the name of her highest creative act. One of her major triumphs was that her mother had not been able to turn her dust into Joy, but the greater one was that she had been able to turn it herself into Hulga.

Read the excerpt from "Good Country People."

Mrs. Hopewell, who had divorced her husband long ago, needed someone to walk over the fields with her; and when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that Mrs. Hopewell would say, "If you can't come pleasantly, I don't want you at all," to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward, would reply, "If you want me, here I am—LIKE I AM."

Based on Mrs. Hopewell's attitude toward the fields, it is reasonable to infer that the story takes place
on a farm with many field hands and employees.
on a wide, isolated expanse of farmland.
in a small town where everyone is friendly toward one another.
in a deserted town in which mysterious events occur.

Read the excerpt from Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.

"I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day."

"I heard what happened last night, Mr. Kornreich. I understand your concern."

"I have no money to pay you for this favor."

"Sir, I would not take any money from you. She is my friend since childhood. I will do whatever you ask to help your daughter."

"Thank you." Papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. "You seem like a man of your word. If you would bring Rena across the border to Slovakia, her mother and I might find sleep at night."

Which best summarizes the excerpt?
Although he does not trust Andrzej, Rena's father fears for his daughter's life and finally agrees to leave her with him.
Slovakia is the only safe place for the Jews of Europe, and Andrzej has agreed to take Rena there.
Rena's father asks Andrzej to take her to safety in Slovakia, and he agrees to do so.
After much deliberation, Rena's father pays a Polish man to take her safely across the border to Slovakia.