Personal experiences, family, and culture
A. rarely shape a writer’s work.
B. are the only influences for a writer.
C. are a writer’s most important influences.
Correct answer D. all can have an effect on a writer.
In which passage from "Names/Nombres" does Julia Alvarez explore the influence of popular culture?
A. I was Hoo-lee-tah only to Mami and Papi and
uncles and aunts who came over to eat sancocho
on Sunday afternoons – old world folk whom I
would just as soon go back to where they came
from and leave me to pursue whatever mischief I
wanted to in America.
B. My little sister, Ana, had the easiest time of all.
She was plain Anne – that is, only her name was
plain, for she turned out to be the pale, blond
“American beauty” in the family.
Correct answer C. Our first few years in the States, though, ethnicity
was not yet “in”. . . My initial desire to be known by my
correct Dominican name faded. I just wanted to be
Judy and merge with the Sallys and Janes in my class.
D. There were many gifts – that was a plus to a large
family! I got several wallets and a suitcase with
my initials and a graduation charm from my
godmother and money from my uncles. The
biggest gift was a portable typewriter from my
parents for writing my stories and poems.
Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.
Introducing them to my friends was a further trial to me. These relatives had
such complicated names and there were so many of them, and their relationships to myself were so convoluted. There was my Tía Josefina, who was not really an aunt but a much older cousin. And her daughter, Aida Margarita, who was adopted, una hija de crianza. My uncle of affection, Tío José, brought my madrina Tía Amelia and her comadre Tía Pilar. My friends rarely had more than a “Mom and Dad” to introduce.
Based on this passage, what inference can be made about Alvarez’s perception of her friends?
Correct answer A. She worries what they will think about her and her
family.
B. She thinks she and her friends have much in
common.
C. She wishes they were all immigrants as well.
D. She feels sorry for them, because they have few
relatives.
Read the passage from "Names American way.
She was plain Anne – that is, only her name was plain, for she turned out to be the pale, blond “American beauty” in the family. The only Hispanic thing about her was the affectionate nicknames her boyfriends sometimes gave her. Anita, or as one goofy guy used to sing to her to the tune of the banana advertisement, Anita Banana.
Later, during her college years in the late sixties, there was a push to pronounce Third World names correctly. I remember calling her long distance at her group house and a roommate answering.
“Can I speak to Ana?” I asked, pronouncing her name the American way.
“Ana?” The man’s voice hesitated. “Oh! You must mean Ah-nah!”
What evidence from the passage best supports the inference that Alvarez’s little sister Ana may have found it less difficult to integrate her Dominican and American identities during her college years?
A. The only Hispanic thing about her was the affectionate
nicknames her boyfriends sometimes gave her.
B. A name has no influence on an individual’s
identity.
C. Later, during her college years in the late
sixties, there was a push to pronounce Third World
names correctly
D. “Can I speak to Ana?” I asked, pronouncing
her name the American way.
Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.
By the time I was in high school, I was a popular kid, and it showed in my name. Friends called me Jules or Hey Jude, and once a group of troublemaking friends my mother forbade me to hang out with called me Alcatraz. I was Hoo-lee-tah only to Mami and Papi and uncles and aunts who came over to eat sancocho on Sunday afternoons – old world folk whom I would just as soon go back to where they came from and leave me to pursue whatever mischief I wanted to in America. JUDY ALCATRAZ, the name on the "Wanted" poster would read. Who would ever trace her to me?
What main idea is conveyed in this passage?
A. Julia feels like an outsider in her new culture.
Correct answer B. Julia’s many names help her fit into both cultures..
C. Julia is having trouble with life in the US.
D. Julia’s Dominican culture was new to her friends.
Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.
My mother blushed and admitted her baby's real name to the group. Her mother in-law had recently died, she apologized, and her husband had insisted that the first daughter be named after his mother, Mauran. My mother thought it the ugliest name she had ever heard, and she talked my father into what she believed was an improvement, a combination of Mauran and her own mother’s name, Felicia.
“Her name is Mao-ree-shee-ah,” my mother said to the group of women.
“Why, that’s a beautiful name,” the new mothers cried. “Moor-ee-sha, Moor-ee-sha,” they cooed into the pink blanket. Moor-ee-sha it was when we returned to the States eleven years later. Sometimes, American tongues found even that mispronunciation tough to say and called her Maria or Marsha or Maudy from her nickname Maury. I pitied her. What an awful name to have to transport across borders!
Which main idea is conveyed in this passage?
A. A name can keep an individual from fitting into a
new culture.
B. A name has no influence on an individual’s
identity
.
Correct answer C. A name can connect an individual with her family
and culture.
D. A name determines an individual’s entire
existence.
Ah, well, you're all wrong.
Yeah those were wrong I got 2 out of 6 thanks slot
The right answers are:
1. her personal experience
2. her culture
3. The biggest gift...
4. Later during her...
5.love triumph...
6.julia's many names....