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Student Protesters Arrested for Giving “Mockingjay” Salute to Leaders (2014)

By Tribune Content Agency
Adapted by Newsela Staff. Text retrieved from Newsela with permission.
(1) Life is imitating art in Thailand, where students are protesting against the military, and they have adopted a hand gesture. (2) The three-finger salute from the "Hunger Games" movies, a symbol of defiance, is being used to protest the military coup that removed the country's elected leaders.

The Thai army has banned the three-finger salute.
(3) Three students were arrested in the capital city of Bangkok at a movie theater showing “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1,” the latest film based on the trilogy of books by author Suzanne Collins about a rebellion against a dictatorship. (4) The students were the latest accused of using the gesture of rebellion against tyranny from the movies.
(5) Military officials took over the government on May 22 and imposed martial law, cutting back civil liberties and banning protests. (6) The military said it was necessary to restore order after months of disruptive political protests.

Symbols Of Defiance
(7) Since 2013, Thailand had been affected by demonstrations and fighting between opponents and defenders of the previous government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. (8) Opponents of the government claimed it was corrupt and should go, while supporters defended the government, saying it was elected democratically and should stay.
(9) Gatherings of five or more people have been banned since the military took over in May. (10) Frustrated by not being able to gather and demand a return to a democratic government, young protesters are using symbols of defiance.
(11) Some protesters are reading in public George Orwell’s “1984,” a novel about a fight against a dictatorship. (12) Other protesters are raising the salute against repression borrowed from the movies to protest reality.
(13) Premieres of “Mockingjay” were canceled at two Bangkok movie theaters. (14) Student organizers had bought up hundreds of tickets to give away and gather opponents of the military. (15) A colonel with the Bangkok Metropolitan Police told reporters the three students arrested outside the theater were taken to an army camp for “attitude adjustment.”
(16) The Chinese government has also delayed the release of “Mockingjay” in the country’s theaters until next year, said the magazine Variety. (17) It wasn’t clear if that was done because of the movie's popularity with pro-democracy activists. (18) Chinese authorities have been dealing with protesters demanding democratic reforms in Hong Kong for more than a month.
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23.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 1 and 2?
A.Protesting against the military, life is imitating art in Thailand, where students have adopted a hand gesture from the "Hunger Games" movies, and they are using it to protest a military coup that removed the country's elected leaders.
B.Life is imitating art in Thailand; students protesting against the military are adopting a hand gesture from the "Hunger Games" movies to protest a military coup that removed the country's elected leaders.
C.Life is imitating art in Thailand, as students protesting against the military adopted a hand gesture, and that hand gesture is from the "Hunger Games" movies to use in protesting a military coup that removed the country's elected leaders.
D.Life is imitating art in Thailand, where students protesting against the military have adopted a hand gesture from the "Hunger Games" movies to protest a military coup that removed the country's elected leaders.

24.
What change needs to be made in sentence 7?
A.Change had been affected to has been affected
B.Change fighting to fought
C.Change demonstrations to demonstration
D.No change needs to be made

25.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 8?
A.Change Opponents to Oponents.
B.Change corrupt to corruption.
C.Change defended to defending.
D.No change needs to be made.

1 answer

  1. The most effective way to combine sentences 1 and 2 is:
    D. Life is imitating art in Thailand, where students protesting against the military have adopted a hand gesture from the "Hunger Games" movies to protest a military coup that removed the country's elected leaders.

  2. The change that needs to be made in sentence 7 is:
    A. Change had been affected to has been affected.

  3. The change that needs to be made in sentence 8 is:
    D. No change needs to be made.