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Unit 1 The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Comprehension Check UP

1. Direction: Look at the sentence in bold. It is the introductory sentence of a short
summary for the passage. Choose THREE answers to complete the summary. Wrong
answer choices use minor ideas from the passage or use information that is not in the
passage.

On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor.

Answer Choices

(A) World War II started in 1939, but the U.S. did not enter the war until the Japanese
attack.

(B) Although many people believed the attack was a surprise, the U.S. was aware of its
possibility.

(C) There had been military tensions between the U.S. and Japan before the attack.

(D) The U.S. government had reasons to suspect that there would be an attack by the
Japanese, but they kept this secret.

(E) The Americans did not know the locations of the attack because they could not
decode the last part of the message.

(F) Public anger over what they thought was a surprise attack by the Japanese caused
the Americans to enter the war.

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