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

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 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 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

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?