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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez want to protect herself from?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Whitness.
(c) White men.
(d) Brownness.

2. Who in society is most pressured to shave their bodies?
(a) Women.
(b) No one.
(c) Men and women.
(d) Men.

3. Who is the first in Rodriguez's family to go to grad school?
(a) Rodriguez's brother.
(b) Rodriguez's sister.
(c) Rodriguez's mother.
(d) Rodriguez.

4. Where does Rodriguez sometimes apply for jobs after grad school?
(a) A diner.
(b) The forest.
(c) The beach.
(d) A cafe.

5. What does Rodriguez become when she speaks Spanish?
(a) A different person.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was grad school traumatizing for Rodriguez?

2. Where does most of Rodriguez's family currently reside?

3. Why does Rodriguez bring her mother to talk with her counselor in high school?

4. What disorder does Rodriguez develop in her second year of grad school?

5. What does Rodriguez realize is the source of her panic when she reaches adulthood?

(see the answer key)

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