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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Rodriguez's education affect his relationship with his parents?
(a) It causes a separation between them.
(b) It makes him feel closer to his parents.
(c) His parents brag about him all the time.
(d) His parents stop talking to him.

3. How does Rodriguez feel when he observes the group of black teenagers on the bus?
(a) He is irritated because they are noisy.
(b) He is scared because they look tough.
(c) He wishes he could be their friend.
(d) He envies their close bond.

4. When Rodriguez hears about religious practices that are different from his own, what does he think of them?
(a) He is shocked and thinks they are wrong.
(b) He likes them better than his own practices.
(c) He sees how similar they are to his own practices.
(d) He is curious about them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rodriguez say surrounds him now?

2. 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?

3. Is Rodriguez's education affected by his religion? If so, how?

4. Once the family has shifted to speaking English, how does Rodriguez feel when he hears families speaking Spanish?

5. Why does Rodriguez say he is writing this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rodriguez feel about bilingual education?

2. How does learning to speak English change Rodriguez's mother? His father?

3. Beyond the simple accomplishment of learning another language, what importance does Rodriguez place on learning English?

4. What does Rodriguez describe as the differences between Mexican Catholicism and English Catholicism? Identify two characteristics of each.

5. Rodriguez finds a description in THE USES OF LITERACY that reminds him of himself. What is that description?

6. How does Rodriguez describe each language (Spanish and English) differently?

7. What do other people think of the "scholarship boy"?

8. Is Rodriguez prepared for his first day of school? Why or why not?

9. Does Rodriguez's family have the same level of education he does?

10. Once Rodriguez starts to read, what happens?

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