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Question 1

Refer to your Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? book for a complete version of this text.

Part A

What is a main idea of Chapter 7?

Sonia has trouble choosing between working as a judge or running for public office.
Despite all her experience, Sonia finds she is uncomfortable in her role as a judge.
Sonia earns a reputation as a fair and capable judge with her ruling in the baseball strike case.
As judge with experience, Sonia requires little time to consider both sides of a case before ruling.

Question 2

Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

“She was so nervous, her knees knocked together.”
“Some people thought Judge Sotomayor would take days or weeks to decide the case.”
“He asked the mayor of New York to put Sonia on a committee that looked at how money was spent in political campaigns.”
“That meant she didn’t need any spring training—or practice—to do her job well.”