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The Secret Language: A Personal Story of Language and Identity

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What was the primary reason for the author's family to leave New Orleans?

To pursue new economic opportunities in Central America
To fulfill their parents' wish to return to their country of origin (correct)
To experience the peaceful world in Nicaragua
To escape the European influence on their culture

What is the tone of the author's description of her grandmother's stories?

Mysterious and fascinating (correct)
Melancholic and nostalgic
Humorous and satirical
Humble and simplistic

What is the significance of the author's family network in her childhood?

It provided a sense of isolation and loneliness
It limited her exposure to the outside world
It formed a vast and expansive universe of relatives (correct)
It created a sense of confusion and disorientation

How does the author describe the English words she heard from her grandmother?

As a strange music, an exotic melody (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the author's perspective on language in the context of her childhood?

Language was a window that opened up new visions of the world (B) Signup and view all the answers

What did the English language sound like to the author when spoken by her grandmother and her sisters?

Multifaceted and varied, like a bird's trill or a flute's sound (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the characteristic of the English spoken in cartoons on television?

It was dramatic and direct, where words and actions occurred simultaneously (C) Signup and view all the answers

How did the author learn the English names for baseball plays?

By heart, in a mechanical way (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did the author believe was the proper way to say 'It's a downpour' or 'It's raining very hard' in English?

The sky is falling, the sky is falling! (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's cousins use in their games?

The English language from cowboy movies (B) Signup and view all the answers

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