Please help PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “And when a Harvard student recently inquired about my name, she was clear that she wanted to know about my surname.” (Paragraph 2)
B. “When I’m in the Boston region, people ask me if it’s French, and I think they are trying to determine if my heritage is Haitian.” (Paragraph 4)
C. “‘I know some Norwoods and some Wakefields from western North Carolina,’ she piped up, almost instantly, with a giddy excitement.” (Paragraph 14)
D. “I felt the weariness of being pushed into an emotional space and frustrated from having to contemplate whether to delve deeper into a topic I didn’t expect during idle small talk.” (Paragraph 25)
3. How does paragraph 18 contribute to the development of ideas in the text?
A. It provides readers with information about the origins of the author’s surname. B. It helps readers understand the racist history of how African Americans got surnames.
C. It shows readers why the author of the text decided to reject her family’s surname.
D. It proves that the author and the student’s ancestors were connected through slavery.
4. What is the author’s main purpose in the article?
A. to encourage people not to ask other people about the origins of their surname B. to inform readers about the origins of people’s surnames in America
C. to help readers understand her relationship with her surname as an African American
D. to explain to readers why she doesn’t discuss her surname with people when they ask
African Americans have a complicated and, at times, painful history with their
surnames which is not easy to discuss.

5. How does the author develop the idea that it’s difficult for her to discuss her surname with white or non-African American people?