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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Rodriguez realize is the source of her panic when she reaches adulthood?
(a) Race.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Gender.
(d) Class.

5. From whom does Rodriguez seek validation while in grad school?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her professors.
(c) No one.
(d) White people.

6. For how long was Rodriguez's relative missing?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 5 years.

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

8. What is Rodriguez's mother always nagging her about?
(a) Wearing makeup.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Wearing sunblock.
(d) Wearing a jacket.

9. Where does Rodriguez first learn about voluntourism?
(a) High school.
(b) College.
(c) Middle school.
(d) Grad school.

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

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

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

13. Who tries to cover Rodriguez's lap when she wears a short dress to church?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) An usher.
(d) Her brother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez lose while in grad school?

2. How does Rodriguez embrace her working-class identity?

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

4. What does Rodriguez become when she speaks Spanish?

5. What book did Rodriguez discover in high school?

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