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?

    <p>As a strange music, an exotic melody</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Language was a window that opened up new visions of the world</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Multifaceted and varied, like a bird's trill or a flute's sound</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>It was dramatic and direct, where words and actions occurred simultaneously</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>By heart, in a mechanical way</p> 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?

    <p>The sky is falling, the sky is falling!</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The English language from cowboy movies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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