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PART A: Which statement best describes a main theme of the poem?

• It is difficult to remain hopeful in the face of adversity

• Social change happens through the efforts of many people

• People often do not realize the depths of their own prejudices

• Racial prejudice is disgraceful and will dissolve in favor of equality

PART B: Which detail from the poem best supports the answer to Part A?

• “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” (Lines 3-4)

• “But I laugh, / And eat well, / And grow strong.” (Lines 5-7)

• “Nobody’ll dare / Say to me, / ‘Eat in the kitchen’” (Lines 11-13)

• “They’ll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed — / I, too, am America.” (Lines 16-18)

How is the detail of the speaker being asked to eat in the kitchen important to the theme?

• It emphasizes the unfair treatment the speaker receives.

• It highlights the speaker’s dissatisfaction with life in America.

• It shows how unfriendly people are in America.

• It reveals how unaffected the speaker is by discrimination

How is the speaker affected when he is asked to eat in the kitchen?

• The speaker is embarrassed that he is asked to eat in the kitchen.

• The speaker is angered by the unfair treatment he receives

• The speaker is confident that things will change for the better

• The speaker is confused about the discrimination he experiences.

Read “I, Too” by Langston Hughes (1926) and answer the questions that follow with the best answer choice.

The poem is centered around the historical context of:

• The Holocaust

• World War I

• The Harlem Renaissance

• Injustice

Which of the following phrases from the poem is an example of repetition?

• "I am the darker brother"

• "Eat in the kitchen"

• "Tomorrow, I'll be at the table"

• "I, too, ___ America"

The speaker not having a literal seat at the table could be an extended metaphor for what concept?

• Figuratively not having a seat with his white peers in the table of life

• Being forced to eat in the kitchen

• Being excluded from games with his white “brother”

• Having his cake and eating it too

Which of the following lines is an example of alliteration?

• "And eat well, And grow strong"

• "When company comes"

• "Nody'll dare say"

• "And be ashamed"

The line "I, too, am America" is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which of the following phrases from the poem is an example of repetition?

• "I am the darker brother"

• "Eat in the kitchen"

• "Tomorrow, I'll be at the table"

• "I, too, ___ America"