1.What piece of text evidence from paragraph 1 bestsupports the inference that the narrator believes the wreckage is the result of a Martian losing control of the machine?(8.RL. KID.1) A.“I came upon the wrecked handling-machine halfway to St. John’s Wood station.”

B.“It seemed as if it had driven blindly straight at the house, and had been overwhelmed and it’s overthrow.”

C.“It seemed to me then that this might have happened by a handling-machine escaping from the guidance of its Martian.”

D.“At first I thought a house had fallen across the road.”

Which verb from is used to indicate the perfect progressive tense

Who gets bob ewell to stop his bothering?

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?