The reader can infer that the author did not look to her own mother as a role model because she

What did DeSoto come to New Orleans to find?

The speaker says, “I have a memory. / It swims deep in blood, / a delta in the skin. It  swims out of Oklahoma, / deep the Mississippi River.” The speaker’s memory is

Which statement best expresses a theme of the poem?

Written Response  Answer the following question based on your knowledge of the poem. Explain how DeSoto can be both “buried somewhere in / this river”  and “having a drink  on Bourbon Street”.

 Subtlety refers to

When the author points out that her “mother is a woman who speaks with her life as much as with her tongue,” she means that

Written Response  Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of the essay.  What is the author’s attitude toward being racially Japanese?   Cite two examples from the text to support your answer.

The shrine that the author visits is important to her because

The reader can infer that the author did not look to her own mother as a role model because she