Read to poem, "Common Dust" by Georgia Douglas Johnson. 1. According to the speaker in the poem, what happens to all humans when we die?

2. What does death do to the differences we perceived when we were alive?

Which word best describes the tone of "will we ever grow organs? "

How does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality? the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work. the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself. the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever. the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.

Which statement is an historical example that supports her thesis statement?