Read the excerpt from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. My posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my
hard chair. This is a cold room in University Administration, wood-walled, Remington-hung, double-windowed against
the November heat, insulated from Administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which Uncle Charles, Mr.
deLint and I were lately received.
I am in here.
Which is an explicit detail from this passage?

Hal feels uncomfortable in this room.

Hal does not want to participate in this interview.

Hal is sitting on a hard chair in a cold room.

Hal feels intimidated by the three deans.

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?