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?

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.

My older sister had the hardest time getting an American name for herself because Mauricia did not translate into English.

[A]nd 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.

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Wesley Frost · Answer 1

Is the second one. It took a while to get used to my new names. I wondered if I shouldn't correct my teachers and new friends.