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Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" contains language that best represents the preservation of Dominican values?

A
If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue, she'd snap, "When in Rome, do unto the Romans."
B
Yoyo and her sisters were forgetting a lot of their Spanish, and their father's formal, florid diction was hard to understand.
C
"What is wrong? I will tell you what is wrong. It show no gratitude. It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher? "
D
"This is America, Papi, America! You are not in a savage country anymore!"
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Which of Laura’s misquoted idioms from "Daughter of Invention" is intended to mean that it makes no difference to her?

A
"green behind the ears,"
B
"When in Rome, do unto the Romans."
C
"It's half of one or two dozen of another."
D
“...one of these days my ship would pass me by in the night!"
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". "iYa, ya! " She waved them out of her room at last. "There is no use trying to drink spilt milk, that's for sure." What does Laura mean to express to her daughters?

A
She wants her daughters to learn from her mistakes.
B
She wishes that she had been the one to patent the suitcase with wheels.
C
She intends to invent many more useful things she can patent.
D
She does not want to dwell on something that cannot be changed.
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Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" contains language that best reveals that Carlos is still tied to his Dominican origin?

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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!
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Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" reveals Laura’s Dominican origin through unique pronunciation?

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"You girls are going to drive me crazy!" she threatened, if they kept nagging. "When I end up in Bellevue, you'll be safely sorry!"
B
"Remember that time we took the car to Bear Mountain, and we re-ah-lized that we had forgotten to pack an opener with our pick-a-nick?"
C
"Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm."
D
"Ay, Cuco. Remember how I showed you that suitcase with little wheels so we should not have to carry those heavy bags when we traveled? Someone stole my idea and made a million!"
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". "Ay, Cuquita." That was her communal pet name for whoever was in her favor. "Cuquita, when I make a million, buy you your very own typewriter." (Yoyo had been nagging her mother for one just like the one her father had bought to do his order forms at home.) "Gravy on the turkey" was what she called it when someone was buttering her up. She buttered and poured. "I'll hire you your very own typist." Based on this excerpt, what can be concluded about Laura?

A
She speaks better English than her daughter.
B
She is not comfortable communicating in English.
C
She only speaks English to her daughter.
D
She does not know the grammar rules in English.
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". But Laura's inventing days were over just as Yoyo's were starting up with her school-wide success. Rather than the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers, Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention. It was as if, after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad and said, "Okay, Cuquita, here's the buck. You give it a shot. " Which context clue provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt?

A
But Laura’s inventing days were over
B
the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers
C
Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention
D
after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". "Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm. " This last was one of her many Dominican sayings she had imported into her scrambled English. Which English idiom has the same meaning as the one underlined in this excerpt?

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Slow and steady wins the race.
B
Let sleeping dogs lie.
C
You are barking up the wrong tree.
D
We’re all in the same boat.
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". "Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm ." This last was one of her many Dominican sayings she had imported into her scrambled English. What is the meaning of the idiom underlined in the excerpt?

A
Anyone can make money.
B
Anything can be accomplished.
C
Every story needs to have a point.
D
A little encouragement goes a long way.
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". Yoyo didn't need much encouragement. She put her nose to the fire , as her mother would have said, and read from start to finish without looking up. When she concluded, she was a little embarrassed at the pride she took in her own words. She pretended to quibble with a phrase or two, then looked questioningly to her mother. Laura's face was radiant. Yoyo turned to share her pride with her father. What does the underlined idiom tell the reader about Yoyo?

A
She worked hard to finish her speech for the assembly.
B
She was cold as she wrote her speech, so she sat by the fire.
C
She finished the speech in a very short amount of time.
D
She was proud of the speech once she finished it.

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