Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?

Even though she was getting good grades now, Sonia didn’t always feel like she fit in. It was hard being one of only a handful of Hispanics on campus.

Feeling like an outsider made Sonia determined to change things at Princeton. One thing Sonia noticed was that Princeton had no Hispanic professors. Not one. Even the Spanish classes weren’t taught by Hispanic people.

She and her friends from the Third World Center wrote letters to the people in charge of Princeton. Then she wrote to the U.S. government. She sent in a complaint. Her complaint was that Princeton was being unfair to minorities.

Question 1
Part A

Based on the information in the excerpt, what inference can be made?

The U.S. government forces Princeton to hire more Hispanic professors.

Despite what they say, Princeton administrators do not care about Hispanic students.

Sonia works harder than other minority students to succeed.

Because of her own experiences, Sonia wants to make a difference by taking action.
Question 2
Part B

Highlight the sentence that best supports the answer to Part A. (go to first paragraph at the top)

Based on reading the text, we can infer that Sonia wants to make a difference by taking action, as the last answer option in part A shows. The sentence that best supports this statement is "Then she wrote to the U.S. government. She sent in a complaint."

Why does Sonia want to change the situation she finds herself in?

Because she feels out of place.
Because she knows there are other students in the same situation.
Because she recognizes that nothing will change if no one acts.

Sonia thinks it is very unfair that students of Spanish and Latin origin are demeaned at the university, as these students are part of the academic community just like others. However, she knows that it's no use just complaining, but she needs to act and bring about changes to make the situation better.

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