Question

Read the excerpt from “In Response to Executive Order 9066.”

I am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling
and a messy room. If it helps any, I will tell you
I have always felt funny using chopsticks
and my favorite food is hot dogs.

Read the excerpt from “Mericans.”

Micaela, you may wait outside with Alfredito and Enrique. The awful grandmother says it all in Spanish, which I understand when I’m paying attention. “What?” I say, though it’s neither proper not polite.

Which idea is true of the speakers in both excerpts?
They feel a tension between their cultural heritage and American identity.
They wish their families were native to the United States.
They feel more connected to their cultural heritage than to American culture.
They are bilingual and move easily from one culture to another.
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Answer 1

They feel a tension between their cultural heritage and American identity.

Both speakers show a pull between cultures: the first prefers hot dogs and feels awkward with chopsticks, and the second understands Spanish but distances herself from it (saying “What?”), indicating conflicted identity.