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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez's mother want her to stay out of the sun?
(a) She does not want her to stay out of the sun.
(b) For religious reasons.
(c) To keep from getting skin cancer.
(d) To keep from getting too dark.

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

3. What is a chonga?
(a) A car.
(b) A working-class Latina.
(c) A type of food.
(d) A type of drink.

4. Why does Rodriguez feel out of place during grad school?
(a) She has no friends.
(b) She gets bad grades.
(c) She is in the minority.
(d) She does not feel left out.

5. What were women in Rodriguez's church community shamed for growing up?
(a) Not being married.
(b) Being feminine.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez sometimes apply for jobs after grad school?

2. What does Rodriguez do when an email goes around about a professor's behavior in class?

3. Who is DJ?

4. Who polices what Rodriguez consumes when she is growing up?

5. What does Rodriguez lose while in grad school?

(see the answer key)

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