✔ savageplayful tranquil
hurling, eyes, nails bread, men, sharpening ✔ tearing, mauling, beasts
✔ It shows the author is fearful.It shows the author remains hopeful. It shows the author is indifferent.
angry ✔ passive suspenseful
“pressed tightly against one another” ✔ “Here or elsewhere, what did it matter?” “The night was growing longer”
✔ It shows he has given up. It shows he feels strong enough to fight. It shows he believes he would be saved.
What is the author’s viewpoint about the experience in the passage?The author believes the experience dehumanizes people both on and off the train.The author believes much-needed rations are being shared with hungry prisoners.The author believes this is a great kindness on behalf of the workmen and passersby.The author believes the experience shows neither group of people understands the other.
In this passage, the author’s viewpoint is that the situation is so terrible, everyone is impacted by the despair. What evidence supports this?“detention had been easier on him.”“the sturdiest of us all, began to cry.”“he had been put in charge of our wagon.”“there was a friend of my father’s, Meir Katz.”
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