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QuizMultiple Choice

Influences and Inferences in "Names/Nombres"

Question 4 • SS26 - ERWC, Semester 2 CR

Which passage from "Names/Nombres" best supports the inference that Alvarez started to write at a young age?

Answer
A
At the hotel my mother was Missus Alburest, and I was little girl, as in, "Hey, little girl, stop riding the elevator up and down. It's not a toy."
B
"You know what your friend Shakespeare said, 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.'"
C
The biggest gift was a portable typewriter from my parents for writing my stories and poems.
D
Someday, the family predicted, my name would be well-known throughout the United States.

Explanation

The passage about receiving a portable typewriter specifically says it was for writing Alvarez’s stories and poems. That supports the inference that she began writing when she was young. The other passages mention her name or Shakespeare, but do not show that she wrote at a young age.

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