Which main idea is conveyed in this passage?Ī.Ě name can keep an individual from fitting into aĬorrect answerĜ.Ě name can connect an individual with her familyĭ.Julia Alvarez was born in New York City on March 17, 1950, the second of four daughters. What an awful name to have to transport across borders! Sometimes, American tongues found even that mispronunciation tough to say and called her Maria or Marsha or Maudy from her nickname Maury. Moor-ee-sha it was when we returned to the States eleven years later. “Moor-ee-sha, Moor-ee-sha,” they cooed into the pink blanket. “Why, that’s a beautiful name,” the new mothers cried. “Her name is Mao-ree-shee-ah,” my mother said to the group of women. 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 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 blushed and admitted her baby's real name to the group. Julia’s Dominican culture was new to her friends. Julia is having trouble with life in the US.ĭ. Julia’s many names help her fit into both cultures.Ĭ. Julia feels like an outsider in her new culture.Ĭorrect answerě. What main idea is conveyed in this passage?Ī. JUDY ALCATRAZ, the name on the "Wanted" poster would read. 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. 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. “Can I speak to Ana?” I asked, pronouncingīy the time I was in high school, I was a popular kid, and it showed in my name. Sixties, there was a push to pronounce Third Worldĭ. Later, during her college years in the late Nicknames her boyfriends sometimes gave her.ī.Ě name has no influence on an individual’sĬ. The only Hispanic thing about her was the affectionate 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?Ī. “Can I speak to Ana?” I asked, pronouncing her name the American way. I remember calling her long distance at her group house and a roommate answering. Later, during her college years in the late sixties, there was a push to pronounce Third World names correctly. Anita, or as one goofy guy used to sing to her to the tune of the banana advertisement, Anita Banana. The only Hispanic thing about her was the affectionate nicknames her boyfriends sometimes gave her. 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. Read the passage from "Names American way. She feels sorry for them, because they have few She wishes they were all immigrants as well.ĭ. She thinks she and her friends have much inĬ. She worries what they will think about her and herī. My friends rarely had more than a “Mom and Dad” to introduce.īased on this passage, what inference can be made about Alvarez’s perception of her friends?Ĭorrect answer A. My uncle of affection, Tío José, brought my madrina Tía Amelia and her comadre Tía Pilar. And her daughter, Aida Margarita, who was adopted, una hija de crianza. There was my Tía Josefina, who was not really an aunt but a much older cousin. Such complicated names and there were so many of them, and their relationships to myself were so convoluted. Introducing them to my friends was a further trial to me. Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez. Parents for writing my stories and poems. My initials and a graduation charm from myīiggest gift was a portable typewriter from my There were many gifts – that was a plus to a largeįamily! I got several wallets and a suitcase with Judy and merge with the Sallys and Janes in my class.ĭ. My initial desire to be known by myĬorrect Dominican name faded. Our first few years in the States, though, ethnicity Plain, for she turned out to be the pale, blondĬorrect answerĜ. She was plain Anne – that is, only her name was My little sister, Ana, had the easiest time of all. Would just as soon go back to where they cameįrom and leave me to pursue whatever mischief Iī. On Sunday afternoons – old world folk whom I Uncles and aunts who came over to eat sancocho I was Hoo-lee-tah only to Mami and Papi and In which passage from "Names/Nombres" does Julia Alvarez explore the influence of popular culture?Ī. are a writer’s most important influences.Ĭorrect answer D. Personal experiences, family, and cultureĬ.
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