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The Night of The Little Boats (You'll have to find this passage and read it to answer the questions) (Paragraphs 1-18)

8. Which statement below best summarizes the central idea of this excerpt?
Question 8 options:

A. Military boats and civilian ships struggled to navigate during a nighttime rescue mission.
B. Civilian sacrifice and good fortune played important roles in a daring rescue of British troops.
C. The sailors of the little boats were part of the largest rescue operation during World War II.
D. Each group of rescuers had different motivations for saving the British troops.



9. Which excerpt provides the best support for the correct answer in question 8?
Question 9 options:


A. “There were bankers and dentists, taxi drivers and yachtsmen, old longshoremen and very young boys, engineers, fishermen, and civil servants. There were fresh- faced young Sea Scouts and old men with white hair blowing in the wind.”


B. “Behind them, invisible in the blackness, was England. Ahead, glowing faintly from burning oil tanks and flaming artillery, lay the coast of France.”


C. “Suddenly out of the night came dozens of aircraft flares dropped by the German bombers, looking like orange blossoms overhead.”

D. “Those who were there will never forget the long lines of men wearily staggering across the beach from the dunes to the shallows, falling into the little boats, while others, caught where they stood, died among the bombs and bullets.