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Introduction to Heritage and Multicultural American Identities: Contemporary Voices (1970–2000)

Question 8 • 25-26 6th Six Weeks TX-College Prep English

Which excerpt from Sandra Cisneros’s story "Mericans" best reveals the influence of American culture on the children?

Answer
A
“We’re waiting for the awful grandmother who is inside dropping pesos into la ofrenda box before the altar to La Divina Providencia.”
B
“Some with fat rags tied around their legs and others with pillows, one to kneel on, and one to flop ahead.”
C
“‘I’m Flash Gordon. You’re Ming the Merciless and the Mud People.’ I don’t mind being Ming the Merciless, but I don’t like being the Mud People.”
D
“Why do churches smell like the inside of an ear? Like incense and the dark and candles in blue glass?”
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