Question

I Am American
by Jennifer Tibbets
IME: Present
SETTING: Bare stage.
AT RISE: MAX LITTLEFOOT stands center.Behind him, THREE SILHOUETTES standreaching upward toward the sky. As MAXLITTLEFOOT begins his speech,SILHOUETTES enact Amerindian dance tooffstage drumbeat.
MAX LITTLEFOOT: I am American. Myancestors have lived on this land since memorybegan. My tribal elders speak of a large turtlethat rose out of the sea. This Turtle Island—Earth—provides everything we need. Myancestors could read the earth. They saw ascuff in the dirt and would find deer to hunt.They smelled the thawing riverbanks and knewsalmon were on their way upstream to spawn.They touched the rough bark of a pine and itwould become a strong wigwam.
. . . (Drumbeat stops. MAX exits right. . . . TYSMITH enters right and walks down right.SILHOUETTES rise. 1st SILHOUETTEpantomimes swinging an ax. 2nd SILHOUETTEpantomimes hoeing a field. 3rd SILHOUETTEpantomimes scrubbing a floor. All three quietlyhum “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”)
TY SMITH: I am American. My ancestorsprobably were Yoruba, from the West Africancoast. Sometime during the 1750s they weresoldintoslavery.Isay“probably”becauseno
A)
To whom is Ty Smith speaking?
(1 point)
the audience
Bethany McLaughlin
the Silhouettes
his ancestors

Answer 1

the audience