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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What program does Rodriguez enter for graduate study?
(a) Divinity.
(b) Film.
(c) Business.
(d) Economics.

2. What does Rodriguez do when she listens to the radio when she is in middle school?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Practice guitar.
(c) Write down the lyrics.
(d) Sing.

3. Why is Rodriguez scared to go home after grad school?
(a) She is afraid of her dad.
(b) She is afraid to confront her past.
(c) She is not scared.
(d) She is afraid of her mom.

4. What has Rodriguez's mother internalized about Brownness?
(a) It is inherently good.
(b) It is inherently bad.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is a sign of royalty.

5. What does Rodriguez think of voluntourism?
(a) She loves it.
(b) She practices it.
(c) She is critical of it.
(d) She is indifferent.

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

7. Who does Rodriguez not write for?
(a) White people.
(b) Her family.
(c) Black people.
(d) Herself.

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

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

10. Who is the first person in Rodriguez's family to go to therapy?
(a) Rodriguez's sister.
(b) Rodriguez's brother.
(c) Rodriguez's mother.
(d) Rodriguez.

11. Why did Rodriguez want to write this book?
(a) For fun.
(b) To help people.
(c) To help herself.
(d) To win awards.

12. When does Rodriguez first encounter an adult gatekeeper?
(a) In college.
(b) In high school.
(c) Never.
(d) In grad school.

13. When does Rodriguez first become aware of class?
(a) Middle school.
(b) College.
(c) High school.
(d) At age 4.

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

15. What does Rodriguez save up to buy in high school?
(a) A designer wallet.
(b) Heels.
(c) A car.
(d) Colored contacts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Evelyn Higginbottom?

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

3. How many Latinas are in Rodriguez's cohort?

4. Who once took a photo with Rodriguez without her consent?

5. Where does Rodriguez's family buy her school uniforms?

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