Question

read the excerpt from chapter 7 of night. we all got up. we all pulled our soaked blankets tighter around our shoulders. and we tried to take a few steps, to shuffle back and forth, in place. suddenly, a cry rose in the wagon, the cry of a wounded animal. someone had just died. others, close to death, imitated his cry. and their cries seemed to come from beyond the grave. soon everybody was crying. groaning. moaning. cries of distress hurled into the wind and the snow. the lament spread from wagon to wagon. it was contagious. and now hundreds of cries rose at once. the death rattle of an entire convoy with the end approaching. all boundaries had been crossed. nobody had any strength left. and the night seemed endless. which sentence from the passage best supports the author’s viewpoint that the situation is hopeless? “we all pulled our soaked blankets tighter around our shoulders.” “the lament spread from wagon to wagon.” “it was contagious.” “the death rattle of an entire convoy with the end approaching.”

Explanation:

To determine which sentence supports the hopeless situation, we analyze each option:

• "We all pulled our soaked blankets tighter around our shoulders." describes an action, not hopelessness.
• The second option (partially visible) about lament spreading doesn't directly show hopelessness.
• The third option (partially visible) about contagiousness is not about hopelessness.
• "The death rattle of an entire convoy with the end approaching." implies many are dying and the end (death) is near, conveying hopelessness as there's no escape from death.

Answer:

D. "The death rattle of an entire convoy with the end approaching." (assuming the options are labeled A - D as per typical multiple - choice, with the last option being D)