Vocabulary
Comprehension Questions
Identity Crisis
Mixed
Story Questions
100
in a way that is contrary to what is expected
ironically
100
Why did Julia’s mother quote Shakespeare, “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”? ___________________
No matter what Julia's friends or teacher call her she is still the same person.
100
Where was Julia born?
NewYork
100
Why was Julia embarrassed by her family?
Julia was self-conscious about her relatives’ behavior at the graduation.She was also embarrassed when introducing them to friends because they had complicated names and convoluted relationships.
100
Describes what happened with Julia's Mom When She Was In the Hospital With Julia's Older Sister?
Her mother was embarrassed of the “noisy name” of Mauricia and told the other new mothers the baby’s name was Maureen. When the other mothers asked why she had given the baby an Irish name instead a pretty Spanish name, the mother blushed and admitted the baby’s real name.
200
ironically
Unusual or different
200
When Julia's friends and teacher mispronounce her name, and Julia wonders if she should correct them, what point is Alverez trying to make about her identity?
Julia alverez.... it signifies her pride in her Dominican heritage.
200
Why didn't Alvarez correct the immigration officer?
She says “I was too afraid we wouldn’t be let in if I corrected the man’s pronunciation but I said our name to myself.”
200
What was Julia called when she was at the hotel?
little girl
200
Names and Nombres is a nonfiction story that tells about a person's life.
What is a personal essay?
300
Difficult to understand; complicated
What is convoluted?
300
How does Alverez feel when her family attends school functions? why?
She stresses and suffers because her family is a " noisy foreign looking bunch". this causes her stress and conflict with the image she is trying to present. internal conflict. her family is so different from her friends...inc dress, act different, different manners and customs
300
When does Alvarez begin to transition and move away from her original insistence on maintaining her heritage.
high school Alvarez begins transitioning and moves away from her original insistence on maintaining her heritage.
300
What name was given to Julia by her trouble making friends?
Alcatraz
300
This is the setting of Names and Nombres or where it takes place.
Where is New York?
400
What is specify?
To make known or identify
400
Why did the author state that her younger sister, Ana, “had the easiest time of all”? _______________________________
She had pale skin and blond hair. Her name could translate easily.
400
When did people began to pronounce ethnic names correctly?
In the late sixties people started to pronounce Third World names correctly.
400
Why was it not popular to be ethnic before the sixties?
Those were the blond, blue-eyed bobby-socked years.At that time it was not popular to be different and to not conform to the norm.
400
Who was Julia's sister Mauricia was named after?
Both of her grandmothers Julia’s father’s mother had died before her older sister was born, so her father wanted the sister to have his mother’s name. However, Mami thought it was an ugly name, so she talked
500
What is ethnicity?Racial, national, or cultural heritage
Racial, national, or cultural heritage
500
How Did the Author Know She Was Finally Accepted Into Her High School?
She knew because of the many nicknames her classmates were giving her.
500
Julia Alvarez wants to inform her readers as well as this...
What is entertain?
500
an English teacher once called her this by mistake
Juliet
500
She looked like an "American beauty" and her name was easy to pronounce.
Who is Ana?
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