Read the excerpt from the supporting text "Disease Central" in When Birds Get Flu by John DiConsiglio.
In 1958, scientists at the CDC made their first trip overseas. A team went to Southeast Asia to respond to an epidemic of
smallpox and cholera.
The author uses this passage to help the reader focus on
o why Dr. Dowell is in Thailand.
why epidemics are dangerous.
O why scientists work for the CDC.
O why the CDC was formed.

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?