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What was the primary reason for the author's family to leave New Orleans?
To fulfill their parents' wish to return to their country of origin
What is the tone of the author's description of her grandmother's stories?
Mysterious and fascinating
What is the significance of the author's family network in her childhood?
It formed a vast and expansive universe of relatives
How does the author describe the English words she heard from her grandmother?
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What is the author's perspective on language in the context of her childhood?
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What did the English language sound like to the author when spoken by her grandmother and her sisters?
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What was the characteristic of the English spoken in cartoons on television?
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How did the author learn the English names for baseball plays?
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What did the author believe was the proper way to say 'It's a downpour' or 'It's raining very hard' in English?
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What did the author's cousins use in their games?
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