Question

Comprehension
The questions below refer to the selection “The Courage That My Mother Had.”

The two things compared in the simile in the third stanza are —
a.
a rock and courage
c.
the mother and a New England hill
b.
granite and gold
d.
the speaker and a granite quarry

Answer 1

It's A, I'm sure

Answer 2

the rock represents the mother, who born and raised in New England emerged or was “quarried” from other similarly strong willed and courageous people. This courage having been “passed” to the mother as it should have been passed to the poem’s child