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.

A. she worries what they will think of her and her family.

Explanation:

i say this because in the end the writer says that his/her friends rarely had more than a "Mom and Dad" to introduce. which i believe is all the evidence needed to and that she doesn't know how they will take to her relatives names

A. She worries what they will think about her and her family.

Explanation:

In the excerpt, Alvarez places emphasis on the differences of names, culture, family structures and types of relationships existing between her friends' family and her family, which demonstrates her concern about her friends' opinions about her family. Furthermore, she herself defines the situation as “a further trial” since her relatives seem to be more complicated than her friends' relatives (her friends rarely had more than a “Mom and Dad” to introduce).

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i would have to say "a" or "d".