1. PART A: Which sentence describes the main theme of the poem? A. It’s important to remain hopeful, even in the face of adversity.
B. Social change and progress takes place more quickly than you realize.
C. People often don’t realize the depth of their own prejudice.
D. The color of your skin doesn’t determine whether or not you’re American.
2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “I, too, sing America. / I am the darker brother.” (Lines 1-2)
B. “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” (Lines 3-4)
C. “Tomorrow, / I’ll be at the table” (Lines 8-9)
D. “They’ll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed—” (Lines 16-17)
3. How is the detail of the speaker being asked to eat in the kitchen important to the theme?
A. It emphasizes the unfair treatment the speaker receives.
B. It highlights the speaker’s dissatisfaction with life in America.
C. It shows how unfriendly people are in America.
D. It reveals how unaffected the speaker is by discrimination.
4. How is the speaker affected when he is asked to eat in the kitchen?
A. The speaker is embarrassed that he is asked to eat in the kitchen.
B. The speaker is angered by the unfair treatment he receives.
C. The speaker is confident that things will change for the better.
D. The speaker is confused about the discrimination he experiences.

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Which of these sentences would best express the main idea of a speech arguing that people should participate in a charity softball tournament? a) softball is a great way to get some much-needed exercise. eliminate b) the money raised by the tournament will local animal shelters. c) the tournament is a fun way to spend time with friends while a worthy cause. d) even if you don't have any softball experience, you can form a team and participate.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”