Alvarez says that her family's move to the United States and the struggle she had in finding her identity as a Dominican and an American had a deep impact on her. Which passage from "Names Nombres" shows this struggle
in finding her identity as a Dominican and an American?
O By the time I was in high school, I was a popular kid, and it showed in my name.
It took a while to get used to my new names. I wondered if I shouldn't correct my teachers and new friends,
O My older sister had the hardest time getting an American name for herself because Mauricia did not translate into
English
O And I signed yearbooks with nicknames which recalled our high school good times: "Beans" and "Pepperoni" and
*Alcatraz " We hugged and cried and promised to keep in touch