What evidence from the passage best supports the inference that the teenaged Alvarez just wants to fit into American culture?

A. “New York,” I told my classmates. After all, I had been born blocks away at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

B. “From the Caribbean,” I answered vaguely, for if I specified, no one was quite sure on what continent our island was located.

C. I had made mouths drop one day by rattling off my full name, which, according to Dominican custom, included my middle names, Mother’s and Father’s surnames for four generations back.

D. They were just being curious, I knew, but I burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend.

Ineed writing a persuasive essay about why parents should vaccinate their kids

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes

Review the allusion which best interprets the meaning of the allusion 1 the man is thick and jolly 2 the man is crabby and unfriendly 3 this man works as a santa claus impersonator 4 the man is generous to others