Part A: Which of the following identifies the theme of the poem? Group of answer choices

Honesty is the key to a good life.

The weather can help predict the future.

Any day can be a bad day, depending on how you look at it.

You can choose to be positive and embrace uncertainty.

2. Part B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

Group of answer choices

"The truth is, every day we rise is like thunder - / a clap of surprise." Lines 1 - 2

"gorgeously/disguised memories-to-be might rain down from above." (Lines 3-4)

"Could be echoes of trouble, or blossoms/ of blessing." (Lines 2-3)

"Our /job, if you ask me, is to follow it. See where it heads." (Lines 5-6)

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”