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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Rodriguez's initial response to bilingual education?
(a) He thinks it would have helped him a lot.
(b) He disagrees with it.
(c) He thinks it is too hard on the teacher.
(d) He thinks it makes students work harder.

3. Where do Rodriguez's parents speak Spanish and where do they speak English?
(a) English at home, Spanish in public.
(b) Spanish at home, English in public.
(c) Spanish everywhere.
(d) English everywhere.

4. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?
(a) He needs to read 5,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(b) He needs to read 2,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(c) People who do not read cannot have complicated ideas.
(d) Reading will teach him complicated ideas.

5. Rodriguez has acknowledged that his relationship with his family changed as he became more educated. What does he say about how that affected his success?
(a) He used it to motivate him to try harder.
(b) He used it to explain to people what his life was like before he was educated.
(c) He does not complain about the change because he is so glad to be well-educated.
(d) He used it as an excuse to not work very hard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Rodriguez believe Spanish should be spoken?

3. What does Rodriguez start to believe about intimate conversations?

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

5. What does his mother think about his reading?

(see the answer key)

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