Read the description below and answer the question. imagine you walk into your good friend’s room. usually his room is immaculately clean. today, the covers have been torn off the bed, a drawer is left ajar with t shirts hanging over the side, books and papers strewn across the desk, clothes piled on the floor in front of the closet. based on what you know and what you see, what can you infer about this scene? 1)your friend has lost something and was searching for it frantically. 2)your friend’s house was robbed. 3)your friend is having a bad day and destroyed his room in a fit of rage. she acts it out in a play. 4)your friend has decided that being neat is overrated.

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?