Who is Sonia Sotomayor 9.1

Who is Sonia Sotomayor

Multiple Choice

Which statement expresses a main idea in Chapter 1 of Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?

• Sotomayor faced many challenges and struggles as a child.

  
  

• When she was young, Sotomayor traveled to Puerto Rico with her grandmother.

  
  

• Sotomayor's mother was a nurse, and her father worked in a factory.

  
  

• Sotomayor's father died of a heart attack when he was just 42.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Which detail supports the idea that Sonia faced many challenges and struggles as a child?

• When Sonia was almost 8 years old, she learned that she had diabetes.

  
  

• Sonia often went on vacation with her grandmother to Puerto Rico.

  
  

• Sonia's grandmother would throw family parties in her apartment every week.

  
  

• Sonia's mother valued education and sent her daughter to Catholic school.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Which line from Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? supports the idea that Sonia's family valued learning and recognized the importance of an education?

• "Even though they were poor, Celina bought a set of encyclopedias for their home."

  
  

• "When Sonia's father lost his job, Celina worked nights and weekends to support the family."

  
  

• "Sonia didn't like her school."

  
  

• "When Sonia was first at Cardinal Spellman, the girls and boys did not have classes together."

  
  

Multiple Select

Which lines from Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? support the idea that people are complicated, and even good people have flaws?

Select the two correct responses.

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    "Sonia's father was a sweet man. He took Sonia on picnics, to the beach, and to Yankees games. But he drank too much. Her parents fought a lot because of this."

• "As Sonia explained in her book, her parents were nervous about giving her insulin shots. Celina was a nurse, but she hated the idea of hurting Sonia. her parents started fighting about it."

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    "When Sonia was very young, Mercedes began taking her to Puerto Rico for vacations. Sonia loved those trips. She never forgot the clear blue water of the ocean and the white sandy beaches of Puerto Rico."

• "All through high school, Sonia studied hard. She also worked at Prospect Hospital. Junior worked as well—he had two jobs! They both had to help out because the family was so poor."

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes Sonia's experience at Princeton University?

• At first, she struggled somewhat, but she sought help and worked very hard in order to become one of the school's top students.

  
  

• She felt instantly comfortable there and, for the first time, received the respect that someone of her great intelligence deserved.

  
  

• She loved Princeton at first, but she grew to dislike the school because it did not offer minority students opportunities to succeed.

  
  

• For the first time in her life, Sonia had trouble doing well in her classes, and she disliked the rigid structure of university life.