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Heritage and Multicultural American Identities: Contemporary Voices — Test

Question 13 • English Language Arts 11

Read the passage from the poem "El Olvido," by Julia Ortiz Cofer. It is a dangerous thing to forget the climate of your birthplace, to choke out the voices of dead relatives when in dreams they call you by your secret name. Which best describes the tone of the passage?

Answer
A
angry
B
mournful
C
serious
D
confused
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