Part 2 - Names/Nombres Quiz

What is the main theme of Names/Nombres?

• The history of Hispanic culture in America

• The struggle of cultural identity

• The importance of learning multiple languages

• The benefits of multiculturalism

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Which character in Names/Nombres struggles with their cultural identity?

• Carlos

• Maria

• Luis

• Julia

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Does it matter that people constantly mispronounce Mauricia’s

name? Why or why not?

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How does Ana differ from her sisters?

• She hates New York City and wants to move back to the Dominican Republic

• She was born in the Dominican Republic

• Unlike her sisters, Ana has an "American name"

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Read this paragraph from the story:

Our first few years in the States, though, ethnicity was not yet "in". Those were the blond, blue-eyed, bobby-sock years of junior high and high school before the sixties ushered in peasant blouses, hoop earrings, and serapes.

Question: How does Julia Alvarez differ from her classmates?

• Julia is not American, so she looks and sounds different from her classmates. She wishes to be the same as her friends

• She has the same name as her friends.

• Julia wants to marry an American boy.

• Identity and individuality

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Why does the narrator want to blend in with the Sallys and

Janes in her class?

My initial desire to be known by my correct Dominican name faded. I just wanted to be Judy and merge with the Sallys and the Janes in my class.

• She wants to have an American lifestyle.

• Julia does not want to be treated different because she is an immigrant.

• Her name is Mauricia and wants a simple name like Sally

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What is the overall message about cultural identity in Names/Nombres?

• Cultural identity is irrelevant in today's globalized world.

• Cultural identity is complex and influenced by various factors.

• Cultural identity is determined solely by one's nationality.

• Cultural identity is fixed and unchanging.

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