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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Their mother talks to them a lot, but their father never speaks to them.
(c) Their mother and father speak to them, but they no longer talk to their grandmother.
(d) They enjoy speaking Spanish together more.

2. What was Rodriguez like as a student?
(a) A troublemaker who was bored in class.
(b) A slow learner who worked very hard.
(c) The kind of student to whom everything came easily.
(d) A bookworm who admired his teachers.

3. What does Rodriguez do in Aria, Chapter 2, that gives him the confidence to speak up in class?
(a) Learning English from listening to the radio.
(b) Studying with a classmate.
(c) Getting extra help from the teacher.
(d) Practicing English with his family.

4. What religious figure was very important in his parents' old church, but becomes less important in the new church?
(a) The priest.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Jesus.
(d) St. Peter.

5. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?
(a) The children start disobeying their parents.
(b) The family loses some of its closeness.
(c) The family grows closer together.
(d) The parents depend on the children to do the talking in public.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?

3. How does Rodriguez's father change as the family starts to speak English more?

4. What is Rodriguez's complexion like?

5. What two versions of his religion does Rodriguez say his parents had to choose between?

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