Click on the question mark. Choose the MOST reasonable inference based on the text evidence and what you already know. WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW

People sometimes resign if they can no longer perform the tasks that the job requires TEXT EVIDENCE In an ancient letter from

around 100 B. C., a Roman

man resigned from an

important job because he

could no longer read."

INFERENCE A)people discover that the man had never learned to read. B)the mans jobs required him to read. C)people wanted man to keep his job. D)the man was a teacher

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?