Question

we arrived at the station, where the cattle cars were waiting. ever since my book night i have pursued those nocturnal trains that crossed the devastated continent. their shadow haunts my writing. they symbolize solitude, distress, and the relentless march of jewish multitudes toward agony and death. i freeze every time i hear a train whistle.
— all rivers run to the sea, elie wiesel
how does wiesel’s unique point of view about the sound of a train whistle impact the reader?
○ it effectively reaches readers who also fear the sound of train whistle.
○ it causes the reader to question the sincerity of the author.
○ it allows the reader to understand the lingering terror of the journey.
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Explanation:

• Analyze Option 1: The text focuses on Wiesel’s personal experience and the symbolic meaning of the train whistle related to the Holocaust, not on readers’ general fear of train whistles. So this is incorrect.
• Analyze Option 2: There’s no indication in the passage that the reader would question the author’s sincerity. The passage is about the author’s emotional and symbolic connection to the train whistle, so this is incorrect.
• Analyze Option 3: The passage states the train whistles symbolize “solitude, distress, and the relentless march of Jewish multitudes toward agony and death” and that Wiesel “freezes” at the sound. This shows the train whistle is linked to the terror of the Holocaust journey, so this option correctly explains how his point of view (connecting the train whistle to that terror) allows readers to understand the lingering terror of the journey.

Answer:

It allows the reader to understand the lingering terror of the journey.