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5.3 Characters, Conflict, and Idioms in "Daughter of Invention" by Julia Alvarez

Question 2 • 26-27 - Humble ISD CR - English I A - 1st Nine Weeks

Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" contains language that best reveals that Carlos is still tied to his Dominican origin?

Answer
A
He sat bolt upright, reaching for his glasses which in his haste, he knocked across the room. "iQue pasa? iQue pasa?"
B
“...It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher?" He mocked Yoyo's plagiarized words.
C
"Have you gone mad?" He shook her away. "You were going to let her read that . . . that insult to her teachers?"
D
He called down curses on her head, ordered her on his authority as her father to open that door!

Explanation

Choice A includes Carlos’s exclamation “¡Que pasa? ¡Que pasa?”—Spanish for “What’s happening?” His use of Spanish most clearly connects him to his Dominican origin. The other excerpts show his anger or criticism, but do not reveal that connection as directly.

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