1. PART A: Which statement best identifies a theme RL.2
of the poem?
Small comforts can lessen the pain caused by tragedy.
B. A single tragedy can make you sensitive to the
possibility of future tragedies.
C. While tragedies may occur infrequently, that doesn't
lessen the pain.
D. It is important to stay strong in the face of tragedy.

Explain the effect of the rhetorical questions for the below paragraph. "i pinched myself: was i still alive? was i awake? how was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? no. all this could not be real. a nightmare soon i would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that i was back in the room of my childhood, with my "