Question

I got several wallets and a suitcase with my initials and a graduation charm from my godmother and money from my uncles. The biggest gift was a portable typewriter from my parents for writing my stories and poems.

Someday, the family predicted, my name would be well-known throughout the United States. I laughed to myself, wondering which one I would go by.

—“Names/Nombres,”
Julia Alvarez

Based on this passage, which inference could you make about how Julia’s family influences her?

They want Julia to become a serious student.
They pressure Julia to be rich and famous.
They encourage Julia’s writing talent.
They make her choose a name.

Answer 1

They encourage Julia’s writing talent.

The portable typewriter “for writing my stories and poems” and the family’s prediction that her name will be well-known show support for her becoming a writer. The other options aren’t supported by the passage.