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QuizMultiple Choice

Influences and Inferences in "Names/Nombres"

Question 2 • SS26 - ERWC, Semester 2 CR

Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.When we moved into our new apartment building, the super called my father Mister Alberase, and the neighbors who became mother's friends pronounced her name Jew­lee-ah instead of Hoo-lee-ah. I, her name­sake, was known as Hoo-lee-tah at home. But at school I was Judy or Judith, and once an English teacher mistook me for Juliet.

Answer
A
She did not pay attention to Julia’s real name.
B
She is also an immigrant who is new to the country.
C
She did not like Julia very much.
D
She wanted to help Julia fit in with the class.
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