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QuizMultiple Choice

Everyday Heroes: Poems by Nikki Giovanni

Question 10 • PA-Common Core ELA 8 Q1

Read the excerpt from “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long.”Mrs. Long asking what are you looking for todayWhen I wanted Leaves of Grass or alfred north whiteheadShe would go to the big library uptown and I now knowHat in hand to ask to borrow so that I might borrow

Answer
A
Mrs. Long feels angry about having to ask to borrow books.
B
the speaker asks for books that were often difficult to find.
C
the speaker appreciates the librarian’s efforts to get her books.
D
young children are not allowed to borrow books on their own.