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Read the excerpt from “Names/Nombres” by Julia Alvarez. What is the central idea of this passage?
When we arrived in New York City, our names changed almost immediately. At Immigration, the officer asked my father, Mister Elbures, if he had anything to declare. My father shook his head no, and we were waved through. I was too afraid we wouldn’t be let in if I corrected the man’s pronunciation, but I said our name to myself, opening my mouth wide for the organ blast of a. trilling my tongue for the drumroll of the r, All-vabrrr-es! How could anyone get Elbures out of that orchestra of sound?
A. The family was afraid of the immigration officer.
B. The author wants people to pronounce her name correctly.
C. New York City is the main place where people enter the United States.
D. The author enjoys correcting people who mispronounce words.