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14/2019 Lesen und verstehen

4. Why I’m a bigot

Choose the sentence that best explains why Ginger Kuenzel believes herself

to be a bigot.

A. She’s devoted to being against Trump, as he’s harmful to democracy.

B. She won’t listen to people who are racist, who condemn a religion or who

seek harm in general.

C. She is proud to voice her opinion against what she considers to be a danger-

ous political environment in the US.

2. Difficult last words

Match the vocabulary Ginger uses at the end of her column (A–E) to their

definitions (1–5).

A. chip away at something 1. public condemnation

B. delight in something 2. a forceful verbal attack

C. denunciation 3. slowly make something weaker

D. diatribe 4. abusive language and insults

E. name-calling 5. thoroughly enjoy doing something

1. Phrasal verbs

Put the eight phrasal verbs from Ginger’s column back where they belong.

A. accused of

B. believed in

C. differ from

D. listens in

E. looks at

F. reaches for

G. speak out

H. delight in

M

A

E

3. Who is it? M

Who do the pronouns in bold refer to — Harper, Ginger or Jean Louise?

A. She is the author of a famous novel set in a small town in 1930s Alabama.

B. Her attorney father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.

C. Uncle Jack calls her a bigot — so she looks up the word in a dictionary.

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