Refer to your Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? book for a complete version of this text.

Part A

In Chapter 9, why is Sonia’s appointment as a Supreme Court justice so important?

Responses

Government employees prepare Sonia for the hearings to be voted in as justice.
Government employees prepare Sonia for the hearings to be voted in as justice.

The public is not made aware of the president’s decision until the very last moment.
The public is not made aware of the president’s decision until the very last moment.

It gives Sonia's family from Puerto Rico a reason to visit.
It gives Sonia's family from Puerto Rico a reason to visit.

She has achieved something that no one else in U.S. history has done before.
She has achieved something that no one else in U.S. history has done before.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

Responses

“They wanted to keep it a big secret until the next day.”
“They wanted to keep it a big secret until the next day.”

“She would be only the third woman, and first Hispanic, ever to sit on the court.”
“She would be only the third woman, and first Hispanic, ever to sit on the court.”

“She would be famous. She wouldn’t have much privacy.”
“She would be famous. She wouldn’t have much privacy.”

“They held practice sessions—sometimes for ten hours a day!”