Fry’s Readability Assessment The Fry’s test involves taking three random quotes from a book, 100 words each, and counting the average number of sentences and syllables in them; the results are then assessed according to a table (Schrock, 2016). The First Passage In Europe, radical movements were spreading, and violence was threatened by communists, syndicalists, and anarchists. A few were in America, but their approach was favored by only a tiny percentage of the people. Instead of overthrowing capitalism, Americans preferred to restrict those who abused the system. In the Midwest, where farmers were powerful, some states began to pass the “Granger laws” that set limits on what railroads and grain storage companies could change. In Munn vs. Illinois , the U.S. Supreme Court said that where the public has a definite interest in a business, the state can regulate it. In 1886, the… (Lee, 2006, p. 28) The Second Passage Farmers sympathized with workers whose strikes against big businesses were being beaten down by courts, militia, and on occasion by federal troops. One man wrote: “We have so much regard for the rights of property that we have forgotten the liberties of the individual.” After the Civil War, farm protest movements emerged. The first was the Patrons of Husbandry (1867), created by O.H. Kelley. Usually called the Grange, it got control of some state legislatures and pushed through the “Granger laws,” which restricted rates charged by railroads and grain elevators. These were later ruled unconstitutional. Many Grangers eventually joined the greenback … (Lee, 2006, p. 30) The Third Passage The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, long lines gathered in front of recruiting stations, and in Washington, FDR gave an eloquent speech to Congress proclaiming December 7 a “date which will live in infamy.” By a unanimous vote, the Senate voted for the war, and only one House member voted against the war. The debate over whether the United States should enter the war was over, and very few Americans did not give it full support. As Japanese Admiral Yamamoto had feared when the government decided to attack Pearl Harbor, “we have only awakened a sleeping giant, and his reaction will…” (Lee, 2006, p. 74) Assessment Thus, the first passage contains 164 syllables and ≈5.2 sentences; the second passage has 160 syllables and ≈6.5 sentences; the third passage includes 163 syllables and 4.8 sentences (note: in the third passage, the last sentence containing the long quote was counted as two sentences because the quote distinctly stands out from the rest of the sentence). The average number of syllables in 100 words is 162.3, and the average number of sentences is 5.5. This corresponds to the 12 th grade (Schrock, 2016). Cloze Passage The Cloze Test Based on Lee (2006, p. 16) Choose one word from the list for each gap:  1. The Native Americans hunted (buffalos), but the Native American boy knew that white-skinned men did not do so.  2. In Native American tribes, (chiefs) were the most important people, but they were not in control of the tribes.  3. Native Americans did not know how to make (rifles), and these weapons, which they called “firesticks,” from Whites.  4. According to the rulings of the White people, Native Americans had to live in (reservations) – limited territories that were assigned to them by the Whites.  5. W