Read the excerpt from "The Red-Headed League." Then Wilson told us that his assistant spent a lot of time in the cellar. When I saw that there was a bank right behind the store, I thought immediately of a tunnel. When Spaulding opened the door to the store with dirt on his knees, I knew I was right. Spaulding and Ross were digging a tunnel from the pawnbroker’s house to the bank.

The word cellar most likely means

“an attic.”
“a room.”
“a hallway.”
“a basement.”

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?