Question

"Girls can we educate we dad? and In trying times" (please help!)

Answer 1

1.d 2.b 3.a 4.d 5.b 6.a 7.c 8.c 9.d 10.c

Answer 2

"Girls Can We Educate We Dads?" by James Berry

1. The dad thinks that walking at night (D) must be bad.

• The poem states, "a girl walkin night streets mus be bad."

2. The girl thinks that the world is a free place (B).

• The poem states, "He dohn sey, the worlds a free place."

3. The girl doesn't want to stifle her talent (A).

• The poem states, "dohn wahn stifle talent comin on show."

"In Trying Times" by Heberto Padilla

4. One startled eye is enough to see horror (D).

• The poem states, "because to see horror one startled eye is enough."

5. The man's lips are parched (B).

• The poem states, "They asked him for his lips,  parched and split."

6. The obedient (A) trees grows in the grove.

• The poem states, "They asked him for the grove that fed him as a child,  with it’s obedient tree."

7. All would useless (C) be without his tongue.

• The poem states, "all this gift would be useless , unless he turned his tongue over to them."

8. They begged him to take a walk (C).

• The poem states, "finally they begged him,  please, to go take a walk."