Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx

The author states that a little girl named Sonia blossomed in an unexpected place just like moonflowers did. What does the author mean about "Sonia blossomed"?

• Sonia had moonflowers growing from her head.

• Sonia grew up happy and strong because of her mother's love and hard work.

• Little Sonia was a gardener.

Sonia's mother worked night and day so that she could pay for what?

• The children's private school.

• The best vacations all over the world.

What did Sonia have a lot of in her house?

• Stuffed animals.

• Books of all kinds.

• Dolls.

When Sonia was a little girl, she loved reading Nancy Drew Mysteries so she wanted to become a detective. Why didn't she become a detective?

• When she was 8, she found out she had diabetes.

• There weren't detectives where she lived.

One day Sonia was watching a show called Perry Mason which was a show about courtroom trials. What did she want to be then?

• A stenographer.

• A judge

• A photographer.

"A lightbulb went on above Sonia's head and she knew: She would become a judge." What is meant by "a lightbulb went on above her head"?

• Her mom turned on the light because Sonia shouldn't read in the dark.

• It means that Sonia realized something.

Sonia went to Princeton University. It was very different from the South Bronx. How did Sonia feel at Princeton?

• Very relaxed.

• Silly.

• Scared, shy, and out of place.

Everything was different at Princeton. Growing up in the projects, she never had what outside her window?

• A tree.

• Air.

• Other buildings.

Sonia Sotomayor was different than many judges in that she knew from experience what ______ was.

• prejudice

• the law

Who nominated Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court Justice?

• Her law professor.

• President Barack Obama.

• Her next-door neighbor.