Which excerpt from black boy best demonstrates the idea that wright’s family feels frustrated and trapped in their financial situation?
a. and i did not want my father to feed me; i was hungry, but my thoughts of food did not now center about him.
b. my mother gave me a dry sandwich and i munched and stared, longing to go home.
c. at night there were long, halting discussions about our going to live with granny, but nothing came of it. perhaps there was not enough money for railroad fare.
d. it was winter and i would buy a dime’s worth of coal each morning from the corner coalyard and lug it home in paper bags.

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?