Quiz 'The Handkerchief And This Must Be Heaven'

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Quiz “ The Handkerchief” and “ This Must Be Heaven” I. Context clues 1. What must “memento” mean? a. a memory b. a small cloth handkerchief c. a souvenir d. a shoe insert 2. “ Du vlode Hund! Hurry and get to the other room!” But Mommy does not hear. She is oblivious to everything except the impossible task of maneuvering the handkerchief around her foot with paralyzed hands. The SS woman leaps at her, grabs her arm, and in a rage begins to twist it. Which statement/phrase from the above excerpt is a context clue to the meaning of the word “oblivious”? a. grabs her arm b. the impossible task c. paralyzed hands d. But Mommy does not hear 3. What must the meaning of “resignation” be using context clues? a. an act of surrender or quitting

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