Read this excerpt from Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail.

What is the best inference a reader could make from this

excerpt?

Meanwhile "Wild Bill" faced a number of problems. The

temperature had dropped to fifty degrees below zero. Speed

was important, but he could not push his team too hard. The

dogs' lungs might frost from breathing heavily in the Arctic

air. To protect his own lungs, Bill breathed only through his

nose. The bitter wind howled and hurled snow in his face.

The trail was a blur.

The only choice Bill had was to move as quickly as

possible.

Bill did not understand how to handle the cold Arctic

weather.

Moving too quickly could cause Bill and his dogs to

become ill or die

Bill could not see the trail because of how quickly his

team was moving

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?