Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.

Introducing them to my friends was a further trial to me. These relatives had

such complicated names and there were so many of them, and their relationships to myself were so convoluted. There was my Tía Josefina, who was not really an aunt but a much older cousin. And her daughter, Aida Margarita, who was adopted, una hija de crianza. My uncle of affection, Tío José, brought my madrina Tía Amelia and her comadre Tía Pilar. My friends rarely had more than a "Mom and Dad" to introduce.

Based on this passage, what inference can be made about Alvarez's perception of her friends?

A. She worries what they will think about her and her family.

B. She thinks she and her friends have much in common.

C. She wishes they were all immigrants as well.

D. She feels sorry for them, because they have few relatives.

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Brooke Ho

21 January, 22:53

Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.

Introducing them to my friends was a further trial to me. These relatives had

such complicated names and there were so many of them, and their relationships to myself were so convoluted. There was my Tía Josefina, who was not really an aunt but a much older cousin. And her daughter, Aida Margarita, who was adopted, una hija de crianza. My uncle of affection, Tío José, brought my madrina Tía Amelia and her comadre Tía Pilar. My friends rarely had more than a "Mom and Dad" to introduce.

Based on this passage, what inference can be made about Alvarez's perception of her friends?

A. She worries what they will think about her and her family.

B. She thinks she and her friends have much in common.

C. She wishes they were all immigrants as well.

D. She feels sorry for them, because they have few relatives.

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Leonard Yang · Answer 1

A. she worries what they will think of her and her family.

Explanation:

i say this because in the end the writer says that his/her friends rarely had more than a "Mom and Dad" to introduce. which i believe is all the evidence needed to and that she doesn't know how they will take to her relatives names

Brayan Manning · Answer 2

A. She worries what they will think about her and her family.

Explanation:

In the excerpt, Alvarez places emphasis on the differences of names, culture, family structures and types of relationships existing between her friends' family and her family, which demonstrates her concern about her friends' opinions about her family. Furthermore, she herself defines the situation as "a further trial" since her relatives seem to be more complicated than her friends' relatives (her friends rarely had more than a "Mom and Dad" to introduce).