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Who is the article mostly about?
a) Anne Frank and her dad
b) Anne Frank's costume and how it offended several people.
c) Halloweencostumes.com being a poor business.
d) Several organizations protesting the costume.

How does the first paragraph in the article contribute to the central idea of the text?
a) The first paragraph has no impact on the central idea because it does not have a subheading.
b) The first paragraph is used to convince you that the costume was wrong to sell.
c) The first paragraph describes the costume so the reader knows what it looks like.
d) The first paragraph gives the reader background information on the costume and Anne Frank to develop the central idea.

What is in an objective summary?
a) The opinion of the author or person writing the summary.
b) The details in the most important paragraph.
c) The most important details of a text including the central idea.
d) The author of the text, but not the title.

Which statement should not be included in an objective summary?
a) Anne Frank's father published Anne's diary and it was sold all over the world.
b) Anne Frank's father is the only one to survive in the family.
c) Halloweencostumes.com sold an Anne Frank Costume on their site and it was criticized by several people.
d) The Anne Frank costume was removed by Halloweencostumes.com, but the outfit remained online on other sites.

Which statement below is the best for a summary of the text?
a) Several organizations and people criticized the Anne Frank costume and Halloweencostumes.com removed it from their site.
b) The costume was removed from the Halloweencostumes.com website, but stayed online.
c) Anne Frank's father survived, but lived not knowing how the Nazi's knew where they were.
d) I think the Anne Frank costume should have been taken down.

Which of these detail help shape the central idea of the section, 'Costume Still Lingering Online'?
a) Halloweencostumes.com named the costume, 'WW2 Anne Frank Girls Costume'
b) Amazon.com, for instance, is offering the alternatively named costumes through third-party sellers.
c) But the costume hasn't completely disappeared from the digital marketplace.
d) Amazon.com, for instance, is offering the alternatively named costumes through third-party sellers.

What is the central idea of the section, 'Costume Cheapens Memory?'
a) The ADL is an organization that protects the rights of Jewish people.
b) People were outraged by the Anne Frank outfit and Halloweencustoms.com removed it from their site.
c) People on twitter made the company take down the costume.
d) The costume did not make people upset or unhappy because it is only a costume.

The CENTRAL idea of the article is developed by:
a) highlighting the names under which the costume remains available
b) explaining why some organizations are offended by the costume
c) telling which company originally sold the costume
d) providing details about how the Franks survived in hiding

Which of these details from the article BEST helps to shape the main idea?
a) Otto Frank published his daughter's diary after World War II.
b) The Anne Frank Halloween costume was being sold for $25.
c) Critics argues that the costume made light of the suffering of millions of people.
d) The costume has been taken off of the Halloweencostumes.com website.

According to the article, the Anne Frank Halloween costume is still being sold, despite public outcry. Which sentence BEST supports the idea outlined above?
a) For $25 (plus shipping), your child can play the role of a World War II hero on Halloween, it promised.
b) She said that there are more appropriate ways to remember the life story of Anne Frank than through a Halloween costume.
c) Amazon.com, for instance, is offering the alternatively named costumes through third-party sellers.
d) Halloweencostumes.com marketed the attire as WW2 Anne Frank Girls Costume, igniting criticism.

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