Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.“So where are you from, Judy?”“New York,” I told my classmates. After all, I had been born blocks away at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.“I mean, originally.”“From the Caribbean,” I answered vaguely, for if I specified, no one was quite sure what continent our island was located.“Really? I’ve been to Bermuda. We went last April for spring vacation. I got the worst sunburn! So, are you from Portoriko?”“No,” I shook my head. “From the Dominican Republic.”“Where’s that?”“South of Bermuda.”They were just being curious, I knew, but I burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend.
Answer
A
“New York,” I told my classmates. After all, I had been born blocks away at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
B
“From the Caribbean,” I answered vaguely, for if I specified, no one was quite sure what continent our island was located.
C
“No,” I shook my head. “From the Dominican Republic.”
D
They were just being curious, I knew, but I burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend.