1. PART A: Which of the following best identifies the central idea of this article?
A. The efforts of the Danish government to rescue its Jewish citizens from the Nazis, while noble, were ultimately ineffective.
B. The most effective rescuers of Jewish children during the Holocaust were members of the French church.
C. While many people were afraid to disobey the Nazis, some brave individuals and nations—notably, Denmark—successfully fought against the Holocaust.
D. Fighting against large-scale terror is a task best reserved for large nations and organizations; individuals are unlikely to be able to effect real change.
2. PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “Most individuals in occupied Europe did not actively collaborate in the Nazi genocide.” (Paragraph 1)
B. “Denmark was the only occupied country that actively resisted the Nazi regime’s attempts to deport its Jewish citizens.” (Paragraph 3)
C. “Almost 500 Danish Jews were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia.” (Paragraph 4)
D. “Nearly 12,000 Jewish children were rescued by clergymen in France who found housing for them and even smuggled some into Switzerland and Spain.” (Paragraph 5)
3. PART A: Which of the following most closely matches the meaning of the word “papers” as it is used in paragraph 2?
A. personal identification documents
B. news reports
C. material for writing secret escape plans
D. ration cards in order to get food while traveling
4. PART B: Which word/phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “escape routes” (Paragraph 2)
B. "false" (Paragraph 2)
C. “food” (Paragraph 2)
D. “secretly informed” (Paragraph 3)
5. Paragraph 1 states that “providing shelter to Jews was a crime punishable by death.” How does this statement contribute to the development of the ideas in the text? Cite evidence from the text in your response.