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Name: ______________________
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Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the events in paragraph 3?
a. Roosevelt led the Rough Riders at San Juan on a very hot day.
b. Under heavy fire, Roosevelt led the Rough Riders at San Juan, where the
Spanish were positioned in low hills.
c. Roosevelt led the Rough Riders at Las Guasimas, where the regiment came
under heavy fire from Spanish artillery.
d. Roosevelt, while commanding the Rough Riders against the Spanish at San
Juan, led the charge up Kettle Hill.
Explain what the author means by "according to the books" in this sentence from the passage.
He started in the rear of the regiment, which is where the Colonel should be, according to the books, but soon rode through the lines and led the charge up "Kettle Hill,"—so-called by the Rough Riders because there were some sugar kettles on top of it.
a. according to accepted military practice
b. according to books about the Rough Riders
c. according to fictional books about wartime battles
d. according to the orders of Colonel Wood
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