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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Rodriguez refuse to italicize?
(a) Greek.
(b) Italian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Chinese.

2. How many Latinas are in Rodriguez's cohort?
(a) 20.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) None.

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

4. How does Rodriguez embrace her working-class identity?
(a) She tells everyone about it.
(b) She does not.
(c) She writes about it.
(d) She does not try to hide it.

5. Who is the first in Rodriguez's family to go to college?
(a) Rodriguez's sister.
(b) Rodriguez's brother.
(c) Rodriguez father.
(d) Rodriguez.

6. Why does Rodriguez sit outside during lunch when she is in grade school?
(a) She likes being outside.
(b) To avoid being ostracized as poor.
(c) She does not sit outside.
(d) Her friends sit outside.

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

8. Who calls Rodriguez before she is admitted into her grad program?
(a) No one.
(b) The admissions director.
(c) The president of the school.
(d) Her mother.

9. What is Rodriguez's main concern in middle school?
(a) Getting fit.
(b) Fitting in.
(c) Looking pretty.
(d) Making friends.

10. What language does Rodriguez begin speaking as an adult?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Spanglish.
(c) German.
(d) French.

11. What does Rodriguez lose while in grad school?
(a) Her scholarship.
(b) Her keys.
(c) Her necklace.
(d) Her marriage.

12. Who once took a photo with Rodriguez without her consent?
(a) A voluntourist.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A tourist.

13. What genre is this text?
(a) Essays.
(b) Biography.
(c) Autoethnography.
(d) Memoir.

14. Where was Rodriguez born?
(a) Brazil.
(b) America.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Mexico.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What school does Rodriguez attend for grad school?

4. What does Rodriguez struggle to do after immigrating to the U.S.?

5. Who is Evelyn Higginbottom?

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