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Comparing Accounts of Clara Barton’s Story Answers

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Which detail from A Story of the Red Cross shows Clara’s purpose for writing it?

A
To say that we were kindly and gratefully received by them says nothing that would satisfy either ourselves or them.
B
We were asked not only to act with them, but to assume charge of the administration of relief.
C
I have dedicated this little volume to the people with whom, and for whom, have gone the willing labors of twenty-five years—initial labors, untried methods, and object lessons.
D
This is a tedious story; but if gone through, one has a little insight into the labor of a Red Cross field of relief.
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Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.Which excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross reflects what is happening in this frame?

A
Later on arrived a shipload of supplies from the business people of New York, which were stored with the Galveston committee, and we were asked to aid in the distribution of these supplies,….
B
I beg my readers to bear in mind that this is not romance that I am writing, where I can place my characters in the best light and shape results at will, but history, with my personages still alive, ready to attest the reality of this statement.
C
A day of waiting in Houston for a passage over the Gulf gave us a glimpse of what the encroachment had been on the mainland.
D
To none will your help ever be so precious as it has been to me, for in its proud growth and strength none will ever so need you.
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Jing is writing a book about her experience playing soccer as a child. She wants to utilize both her writing and illustration skills. Which form should Jing use to tell her story?

A
fictional drama
B
graphic novel
C
poetry
D
memoir
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Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.Which excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross best reflects what is occurring in this frame?

A
The direfulness of the news gathered as we proceeded on our journey, and delays were gotten over as quickly as possible.
B
The men who had been the fathers of the city, its business and its wealth, looked on aghast….
C
But that cordon of wreckage skirting the shore for miles it seemed, often twenty feet in height,….
D
The strongest buildings, half standing, roofless and tottering, told what once had been the make-up of a thriving city.
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to informto persuadeto entertainto argue

A
to inform
B
to persuade
C
to entertain
D
to argue
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Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.How does the author highlight Clara’s impact on others in these frames?

A
by showing that Clara felt bored when not helping others
B
by showing the friends Clara made in Europe
C
by showing French families during the war
D
by showing Clara handing out pamphlets
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Look at the frames from One War Ends, Another Begins.Which best describes the author’s purpose in these frames of One War Ends, Another Begins?

A
to show how Clara stood up to politicians
B
to show how Clara inspired others
C
to show how Clara cared for her family
D
to show how Clara felt about public speaking
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Which is one difference between a graphic novel and a memoir?

A
Only memoirs are about nonfiction, or true, events.
B
Only graphic novels use speech bubbles to show dialogue.
C
Only memoirs are meant to inform readers about world issues.
D
Only graphic novels include conversations between people.
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In A Story of the Red Cross, why does the author provide a first-hand account of the work in Galveston?

A
to emphasize how recovery conditions have improved
B
to show a group of people who Clara helped during a disaster
C
to emphasize the benefits an experienced team provides
D
to show the place where Clara was forced to work
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This time there was no murmur in the air, no warning of approaching danger. Even the watchful press, that knows so much before it ever happens, slumbered quiet and deep, till the hissing wires shrieked the terrifying word—Galveston.Then we learned that, as at Port Royal, the sea had overleaped its bounds and its victims by thousands were in its grasp.In all the land no one slept then. To us it was the clang of the fire-bell, and the drop of the harness. The Red Cross clans commenced to gather.

A
to show the contrast between the peaceful silence and the devastation
B
to show that journalists know more about what happens than anyone
C
to show the quick response of firefighters and rescue workers
D
to show the power of nature in dangerous situations

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