1. PART A: What is the main idea of the text?

A
You and your family can start a garden to make the world better.
B
You and your family cannot make a big difference in the world by yourselves.
C
You and your family can get sick if you don’t know where your food comes from.
D
You and your family can make a positive difference by carefully choosing what you buy. 3 WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT CONSUMER POWER

1)what was the first thing that cast doubt on the authenticity of the king being peter wilks's english brother? a)his refusal to answer questionsb)his arrival in town in a canoec)his illiteracy and inability to writed)his lack of knowledge about the wilks family 2)how did huck escape the clutches of the angry townspeople? a)he told them where the gold was.b)he ran off while digging up the body.c)his captor released him while running to see the gold.d)his captor sent him away because he did not want to share the gold.

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Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?