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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Rodriguez move after finishing grad school?
(a) New York.
(b) LA.
(c) Back home.
(d) Miami.

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

4. What does Rodriguez say to people who are struggling to embrace themselves?
(a) To change yourself.
(b) To go to grad school.
(c) To embrace who you are.
(d) To do nothing.

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

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

7. What does Rodriguez say voluntourism is a product of?
(a) Colorism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Nothing.
(d) White supremacy.

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

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

10. Where does Rodriguez's family buy her school uniforms?
(a) Macy's.
(b) Goodwill.
(c) Her school.
(d) They hand make them.

11. How does Rodriguez identify?
(a) She identifies as POC.
(b) She identifies as Black.
(c) She identifies as Brown.
(d) She identifies as white.

12. Who polices what Rodriguez consumes when she is growing up?
(a) No one.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her parents.

13. What was not a priority for Rodriguez's family growing up?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her education.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Her career.

14. What does Rodriguez struggle to do after immigrating to the U.S.?
(a) Get good grades.
(b) Acclimate.
(c) Learn English.
(d) Make friends.

15. Where does most of Rodriguez's family currently reside?
(a) Nicaragua.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) California.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez sit outside during lunch when she is in grade school?

2. Who once mocks Rodriguez for mispronouncing a word during class?

3. What is Rodriguez's mother always nagging her about?

4. Who is the first in Rodriguez's family to go to college?

5. Why does Rodriguez seek to divest from whiteness?

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