Question

I Am American
by Jennifer Tibbets
A series of soliloguies representing the diverseimmigrant populations that have made ourcountry great.
Characters
MAX LITTLEFOOT
JANE BRADFORD
TY SMITH
BETHANY MCLAUGHLIN
GRETCHEN SCHRIVER
MICHAEL LU
SHANA BLOOMSTEIN
VINCENT LOPINTO
JUANITA RAMIREZ
THREE SILHOUETTES
TIME: 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 memorybeganMytribaleldersspeakofalargeturtle
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which details in the text connect to thesubject of Americans working hard atdifficult jobs? Select the two correctanswers.
(1 point)
Bethany McLaughlin’s ancestors
laying streetcar tracks
Ty Smith’s ancestors growing cotton
from sun-up to sun-down
Juanita Ramirez’s family struggling to
obtain citizenship
Shana Bloomstein’s ancestors fleeing
attacks
Max Littlefield’s ancestors using a
scuff in the dirt to find deer to hunt

Answer 1

- Bethany McLaughlin’s ancestors laying streetcar tracks
- Ty Smith’s ancestors growing cotton from sun-up to sun-down