I got several wallets and a suitcase with my initials and a graduation charm from my godmother and money from my uncles. The big
gest gift was a portable typewriter from my parents for writing my stories and poems. Someday, the family predicted, my name would be well-known throughout the United States. I laughed to myself, wondering which one I would go by.
—“Names/Nombres,”
Julia Alvarez
Based on this passage, which inference could you make about how Julia’s family influences her?
They want Julia to become a serious student.
They pressure Julia to be rich and famous.
They encourage Julia’s writing talent.
They make her choose a name.
They encourage Julia’s writing talent. This is demonstrated when her parents gifted her a typewriter for “writing my stories and poems” and her family “predicted my name would be well-known throughout the United States.”
The detail in the passage that supports the idea that economic life was difficult in China is the following one:
As a result of wars, famine, and political oppression, Chinese immigration to the United States dates back to the mid-1800s.
Chinese immigrants came to the United States looking for better economic opportunities so they could provide for their families and send money to their relatives back home.
