Author’s Purpose and Viewpoint in The Dark Game, Part 3 — Unit test
Question 11 • MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR
Read the excerpt from "The Enigma Machine.”At Bletchley Park, the main site in Britain where Enigma codes were deciphered, six thousand messages were decoded every day by a staff of ten thousand men and women. Many of the messages were inconsequential, but more than a few were critical to the outcome of the war.
Answer
A
At Bletchley Park, thousands of people worked hard to help the British and Allied troops during the war.
B
At Bletchley Park, the ten thousand people on the staff figured out over six thousand codes, some of which were very important to the war effort.
C
Ten thousand people worked at Bletchley Park, but some of the codes they solved were inconsequential to the war effort.
D
Six thousand codes were figured out at Bletchley Park, including some that had importance in regard to the war.
Explanation
The excerpt says a staff of 10,000 people decoded 6,000 messages each day, and that some of those messages were critical to the war. Choice B includes both details. Choice D is tempting, but it leaves out that the messages were decoded every day and that 10,000 people worked at Bletchley Park.
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