What motivated the father to call his young daughter back to meet the cabuliwallah? a. he wanted her to learn appropriate manners and to be polite to strangers. b. the cabuliwallah seemed kind, and her father thought his daughter would like the man. c. he wanted mini to overcome her irrational fears rather than to be ruled by such ideas like her mother was. d. the cabuliwallah's entrance to their house was because of her, and her father wanted her to understand consequences of her actions.

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?

What happens to graders who use a red pen? a.they are more accurate with thier correctionsb.they find more errorsc.they feel themselves getting angrt when they graded.they make more mistakes

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