Wednesday, 3/24/10
"Anita Banana"
Warm Up. Copy.
  1. The expression "in vain" means ______.
  2. Wherefore means _________.
  3. Juliet's _________ on the balcony is really about ________.
  4. The Dominican Republic shares an island with ________.
Quiz on "Nombres" (p28)
  1. Which word does not describe Julia's attitude toward all the new names she got in America?  a) amused  b) surprised  c) angry  d) annoyed  e) She is sometimes all of these things.
  2. Because of her culture, Julia wasn't popular in high school.  a) True  b) False
  3. Julia resented the nickname Alcatraz.    a) True  b) False
  4. Which of the sisters had the easiest time with her name?  a) Julia  b) Mauricia  c) Ana
  5. Julia's mother changed her sister's name to Maureen because she was embarrassed that it sounded too foreign.  a) True  b) False
  6. Julia is proud when her friends show her off as being foreign.  a) True  b) False
  7. Julia has a very large nuclear family.  a) True  b) False
  8. Which of these is not a purpose Julia Alvarez had when she wrote "Nombres"?  a) to entertain  b) to inform  c) to express an opinion  d) to persuade  e) These were all purposes of the essay.
  9. Although sometimes they _______ her, Julia _____(s) her large extended family.  a) love/annoy  b) annoy/embarrass  c) embarrass/annoy  d) embarrass/love  e) hate/love
  10. A sarape is like a dress.  a) True  b) False
  11. Sancocho would be a good dessert.  a) True  b) False
  12. Hermana means ______ in Spanish.  a) mother  b) uncle  c) aunt  d) cousin  e) sister
Trade and Grade p37. (16 points. part A = 10)
Vocabulary Pretest. Test tomorrow.
  1. It is _____ that Julia's sister has the most foreign-sounding name, but is actually one of the Americans in the family.  a) inevitable  b) chaotic  c) convoluted  d) ironic  e) liberation
  2. He was a(n) _______ at his brother's wedding.  a) liberation  b) exotic  c) usher  d) rococo  e) ethnic
  3. In a "color-blind" society, __________ would not matter at all.  a) irony  b) rococo  c) ethnicity  d) usher  e) barren
  4. If you are going to make up a story as an excuse for Mom, simpler is better. A long and ______ story will only leave more room to make a mistake...  a) merged  b) inevitable  c) barren  d) chaotic  e) convoluted
  5. ...and you will _______  get caught.  a) mergedly  b) inevitably  c) ironically  d) ethnicity  e) convolutedly
  6. The surface of the Moon is ____, but they did recently discover water there.   a) irony  b) rococo  c) ethnicity  d) usher  e) barren
  7. The coming of the Overlords _____(ed) in a new era of peace and prosperity for all mankind...  a) liberation  b) exotic  c) usher  d) rococo  e) ethnic
  8. ...but some, fearing the power of the Overlords, fought for the ______ of man from their iron grip.   a) inevitable  b) chaotic  c) convoluted  d) merging  e) liberation
  9. The room seemed like a(n) ______ mess, but there was actually order beneath the madness.  a) inevitable  b) chaotic  c) convoluted  d) ironic  e) barren
  10. Downtown San Luis has lots of fancy, old Victorian houses with lots of _______woodwork and details. a) ironic  b) rococo  c) ethnic  d) usher  e) barren
  11. The antonym of diverge. ________  a) liberate  b) convoluted  c) usher  d) barren  e) merge
  12. Julia was embarrassed when her friends showed her off like some _____ animal from a foreign land.  a) liberation  b) exotic  c) usher  d) rococo  e) ethnic
  13. These days figuring out someone's _______ can be a very _____ process, since many people have ancestors from several or many races.  a) exotic/ethnicity  b) ethnicity/exotic  c) liberation/inevitable  d) ethnicity/convoluted  e) usher/rococo
"The War of the Wall" p92.