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.

In lines 148–150, the author writes that “our neighbor is so much a part of our family that my mother never passes her house at night without glancing at the lights to see if she is home and safe.” Why  does she explain this relationship?

Vocabulary – Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word. What does abound mean?

What is Thoreau’s opinion of newspapers?

In Walden’s “Conclusion,” Thoreau uses the image of a well-worn path to describe

The shrine that the author visits is important to her because

In the last section of her essay, the author describes how her mother polished her grandmother’s shoes on the day she had to move to a nursing home. The grandmother “left her house walking, supported by her children, carrying her pocket book, and wearing her polished black shoes.” Explain why this story is significant to the author.

 Subtlety refers to

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.

Vocabulary – Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word. What does abound mean?