Read the passage from "names/nombres" by julia alvarez.

introducing them to my friends was a further trial to me. these relatives had
such complicated names and there were so many of them, and their relationships to myself were so convoluted. there was my tía josefina, who was not really an aunt but a much older cousin. and her daughter, aida margarita, who was adopted, una hija de crianza. my uncle of affection, tío josé, brought my madrina tía amelia and her comadre tía pilar. my friends rarely had more than a “mom and dad” to introduce.

based on this passage, what inference can be made about alvarez’s perception of her friends?

a. she worries what they will think about her and her family.
b. she thinks she and her friends have much in common.
c. she wishes they were all immigrants as well.
d. she feels sorry for them, because they have few relatives.

Match the audience to the description of each speech

In the story “seventh grade,” victor’s and michael’s hopes and expectations about girls often cause them to .

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.