Which of the following is most closely linked to the author's characterization of Mama as it relates to Japanese culture? A. Despite the absence of several of her children Mama's first concern is to keep the rest of her family together.

B. Although she works in a cannery she irons a fresh handkerchief every night to wear to work every morning.

C. When Papa refuses to get a job because of his pride, Mama takes up the slack to spare him the shame of "hitting rock bottom".

D. She does not seem upset when she finds out the furniture she'd stored before the war has been stolen.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme