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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez feel pressured to be?
(a) Smart and aggressive.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Smart and gentle.
(d) Feminine.

2. How do people perceive Rodriguez while she is growing up?
(a) They see her potential.
(b) They do not see her potential.
(c) They see her as smart.
(d) They see her as hardworking.

3. Who is Evelyn Higginbottom?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A chef.
(c) A Black senator.
(d) A Black scholar.

4. What school does Rodriguez attend for grad school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Vanderbilt.
(d) Stanford.

5. What begins to take a toll on Rodriguez emotionally while in grad school?
(a) Pandering to the white gaze.
(b) Pandering to the male gaze.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Her course work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Rodriguez not allowed to have while growing up?

2. Who is the first in Rodriguez's family to move away?

3. Who is the first in Rodriguez's family to go to grad school?

4. What were women in Rodriguez's church community shamed for growing up?

5. At what age does Rodriguez first bring home a boyfriend?

(see the answer key)

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