1.11 Quiz: What's Important 4

How does the third stanza of "The Courage That My Mother Had" contribute to the meaning of the poem?

It confirms that the speaker values her mother's courage above all else.

In "The Courage That My Mother Had," what is the meaning of the lines The courage that my mother had / Went with her, and is with her still: mean?

The speaker lacks her mother's courage.

Part B Which two details from the story best support the inference in Part A?

"I wanted to tell her that I was the school spelling bee champion, that I wasn't ticklish, that I could do karate." "I wanted to open it, twirl it around by its slender silver handle; I wanted to dangle it from my wrist on the way to school the way the other girls did."

Part A What inference can be made based on what happens in "The White Umbrella"?

The narrator desperately wants to fit in and feel a part of American culture.

What is a central idea in "The White Umbrella"?

The narrator finds it challenging to fit in because her family has different cultural values.