Pat Mora-Immigrants

What is the topic of the poem?

• People from America

• Mexicans

• Immigrants who have a hard time fitting in

• Parents who have a hard time living in America

Where does the poem take place?

• United States

• Mexico

• The Border

• California

What American symbol does the author include in the poem?

• Blonde dolls

• Flag

• Football

• Apple pie

What does the American flag symbolize?

• Stars and stripes

• Red, White and Blue

• Freedom, opportunity, and rights

• Money

Why do you think parents whisper in the dark?

"Will they accept my American boy; my American girl?"

• They are hiding

• Because they are afraid they may be heard.

• Because they are afraid of their accents

• Parents are afraid that their children will not be accepted by society.

What is the best theme for this poem?

• Take it or leave it

• We the American people.

• The struggle between two worlds

• America welcomes all

How do immigrants assimilate into the American way? (According to the poem)

• They eat more pizza

• They speak ONLY English

• They hang out with Americans

• They name their children American names, and dress them up more American

What are the food the immigrant parents should feed their children when they arrive to America.

• Chicken

• Salad

• Hot dogs

• Apple pie

In the poem, what do the parents do before the baby can even walk?

• Buy them football and tiny cleats

• Buy them bicycles

• Take them to the park

• Teach them to swim

According to the poem, what are the names given to the babies?

• Tom and Emily

• John and Jane

• Bill and Daisy

• María y Juan