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Reading Comprehension

Answer each question by choosing from the given list.

1. Where is Alcatraz located?
A. in the middle of San Francisco Bay, California?
B. in Cincinnati, Ohio
C. in Long Island, New York

2. What was its purpose before becoming a military fort?
A. a vacation house
B. a lighthouse
C. a haunted house

3. Until what time did it function as a federal prison?
A. until 1963
B. until 1983
C. until 1973

4. How were the prisoners treated?
A. With special care

B. with limited privileges
C. like caged zoo animals

5. How was the prison routine described?
A. rigid and unrelenting
B. tender and loving
C. happy and comfortable

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