Bilingue

My father liked them separate, one there one here.

What is his father referring to when he says them?

• his chidren

• Spanish and English

• his job and his family

that words might cut into his daughter's heart (el corazón) and lock the alien part to what he was.

The underlined part is an example of a:

• simile

• personification

• repetition

Lock the alien part to what he was - his memory, his name (su nombre) with a key he could not claim.

What does the lock and key represent?

• The English language that he cannot understand

• HIs daughter's heart

• His pain

Why did the girl have to read English secretly in her bed?

• It was the only quiet place to read.

• She didn't want to make her father mad.

• She liked to read late at night.

How did the author compare herself with her father?

• She was young and he was old.

• Her tongue could run in English while her father's stumbled.

• Her father was happy for her.

Even though her dad was proud of her writing he was still feeling ______.

• angry

• scared

• happy

What tone does this author create?

• joyful

• unclear

• hopeful