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?

An elusive thought is one that

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

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”.

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”.

What does Thoreau believe we should “cultivate . . . like a garden herb”?

During a neck dissection, if a portion of the mandible is removed, a ____________ graft is commonly used. 

 What does the excerpt from “Solitude,” in which the author walks around the pond one evening, reveal about Thoreau’s personality?

According to lines 368–370, the parishioners shun Mr. Hooper “in their health and joy,” but he is “ever summoned to their aid in mortal anguish.”   Such behavior demonstrates their

By the time of the first Thanksgiving,