Music for My Mother
How did the narrator's family deal with a language barrier?
The children taught the parents how to speak English.
What was the object that Quindlen thought united America?
A quilt
What is Anticipated?
Eagerly Expected
How did Elena's family feel about the death of John F. Kennedy?
They were devastated, sad, depressed
What was the tragedy surrounding the family in "American History"?
John F. Kennedy's assassination
What was the narrator's dad's job?
He was a carpenter.
They found a common enemy
Define "Infatuated"?
To be in love
What was the name of the building Elena and her family lived in?
El Building.
Who was the author of "A Quilt of a Country"?
Anna Quindlen
What was the narrator's mother's job?
A seamstress.
What is "confusing" about the country of America?
It's made up of a lot of different cultures who fight and somehow stay together.
Enthralled
Why does Elena's mother think that Elena is headed for "ruin and humiliation"?
Who wrote "An Immigrant Contribution"?
How did other people react to the narrator and her family when they were out in public?
They stared at them for their different clothes.
It's taking pride in the ability to be together as different people and still be able to call it America.
What did Devoted mean in the story of "American History"
What nicknames did the kids at school give Elena and Eugene?
"Skinny Bones" and "The Hick"
Who wrote "American History"?
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Where is the narrator taking her children over the summer?
What happens to other countries who have a divide?
They split up, and become other countries.
Urge to act on or do something
Impulse
What happens to Elena when she goes over to study with Eugene?
What was the name of the narrator's brother in "Music for My Mother"? (Original, and what he changed it to!)
Pedrito now known as Peter