1. Summarize what the poem "Not My Bones" by Marilyn Nelson is about.
2. By the end of the poem, what tone does the author display?
3. Provide the repetition that occurs in the poem, and explain its significance. (Hint: Think about the historical time period this may be connected to.)
4. What is the importance of the lines, "You can murder hope, you can pound faith flat, / but like weeds and wildflowers, they grow right back" (29-30)? What literary device is present in these lines?

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”