Question

read the excerpt from chapter 7 of night. a piece fell into our wagon. i decided not to move. anyway, i knew that i would not be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men! i saw, not far from me, an old man dragging himself on all fours. he had just detached himself from the struggling mob. he was holding one hand to his heart. at first i thought he had received a blow to his chest. then i understood: he was hiding a piece of bread under his shirt. with lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth. his eyes lit up, a smile, like a grimace, illuminated his ashen face. and was immediately extinguished. a shadow had lain down beside him. and this shadow threw itself over him. stunned by the blows, the old man was crying: "meir, my little meir! don't you recognize me . . . you're killing your father . . . i have bread . . . for you too . . . for you too . . .” in this passage, the author suggests that cruelty can occur when people face horrible conditions. which evidence best supports this viewpoint? select two options. “anyway, i knew that i would not be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men!” “i saw, not far from me, an old man dragging himself on all fours. he had just detached himself from the struggling mob.” “then i understood: he was hiding a piece of bread under his shirt. with lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth.” “a shadow had lain down beside him. and this shadow threw itself over him.” “meir, my little meir! don't you recognize me . . . you're killing your father . . . i have bread . . . for you too . . . for you too . . .”

Answer 1

The last 2 options are correct:

“A shadow had lain down beside him. And this shadow threw itself over him.”

“Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize me . . . You're killing your father . . . I have bread . . . for you too . . . for you too . . .”

Answer 2

From the excerpt, the best two options are:

“I saw, not far from me, an old man dragging himself on all fours. He had just detached himself from the struggling mob.”

The struggling mob is attacking an old man. They resorted to cruelty over food.

“then I understood: he was hiding a piece of bread under his shirt. with lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth.”

The old man was attacked for the bread, and he tried to hide it. This suggests horrible conditions.