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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Credo, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez realize about language and intimacy?
(a) That language is how a person maintains their intimacy with other people.
(b) That he can express himself better in English than in Spanish.
(c) That intimacy is about the relationship between the people, not about what language they speak.
(d) That Spanish is always a more intimate language that English.

2. What does Rodriguez say about how the people around him now say his name?
(a) They say his name just like everyone else's name.
(b) They pronounce it differently than his Spanish-speaking family.
(c) They mispronounce it.
(d) They say it as if they are impressed to know him.

3. According to Rodriguez, what is wrong with speaking a private language in public?
(a) It is embarrassing.
(b) It will eventually stop being a private language.
(c) Most people will not understand what is being said.
(d) It prevents people from learning the public language.

4. In Aria, Chapter 3, why does Rodriguez's family tease him?
(a) Because he is bad at sports.
(b) Because he cannot speak Spanish very well.
(c) Because he reads too many books.
(d) Because they think he is ugly.

5. Where does Rodriguez believe English should be spoken?
(a) In private, with family or close friends.
(b) In the classroom.
(c) In public.
(d) Everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the scholarship boy use education?

2. Does Rodriguez believe that not speaking English well has consequences for his parents?

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

4. In The Achievement of Desire, Prologue, Rodriguez says that now that he is successful, people always ask him a certain question. What is it?

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

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