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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Complexion, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?
(a) A chance to go to college.
(b) More friends.
(c) Better grades.
(d) A place in public society.

2. What does Rodriguez learn about sin?
(a) Sins are bad, and he should confess them to the priest.
(b) Sins are not a big deal, and he should not worry about them.
(c) Sins are things that non-religious people do.
(d) Sins are good, and he should try to have more of them.

3. What does Rodriguez say would be the benefit of bilingual education?
(a) He could ask the teacher questions more easily.
(b) He would feel more comfortable in the classroom.
(c) He would get better grades.
(d) He could understand the homework assignments better.

4. How does the family's communication change as the children learn more English?
(a) They talk less because it is hard for the parents to understand their children when they speak English.
(b) They enjoy speaking Spanish together more.
(c) Their mother talks to them a lot, but their father never speaks to them.
(d) Their mother and father speak to them, but they no longer talk to their grandmother.

5. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?
(a) Only ask questions of the priests and nuns.
(b) God will answer all your questions.
(c) Do not ask questions; just memorize the right answers.
(d) Asking questions is a good thing to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?

2. How does the family's use of the word "gringo" change as the children learn more English?

3. How does Rodriguez see the scholarship boy?

4. When Rodriguez's mother becomes more fluent in English, she convinces her husband to buy _________. (fill in the blank)

5. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?

(see the answer key)

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