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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez never want to be called again?
(a) Brown.
(b) Boring.
(c) Prisca.
(d) Priscila.

2. What is the ethnic background of the narrator's husband?
(a) He is Asian.
(b) He is Black.
(c) He is white.
(d) He is Korean.

3. What does Rodriguez do when an email goes around about a professor's behavior in class?
(a) She tells the president.
(b) She tells the professor.
(c) She drops out.
(d) She does nothing.

4. What is the function of white fragility?
(a) To bolster white supremacy.
(b) To support POC.
(c) To create bonds between white people and non-white people.
(d) To shift the blame of racism to BIPOC.

5. Who is DJ?
(a) Rodriguez's family.
(b) Rodriguez's sister.
(c) Rodriguez's friends.
(d) Rodriguez's brother.

6. What does Dr. Cynthia Enloe write about?
(a) Miltarism and gender.
(b) Politics.
(c) Sex.
(d) Gender.

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

8. What does Rodriguez burn in a fire pit in 2014?
(a) Marshmellows.
(b) Her wedding dress.
(c) Her wedding shoes.
(d) Her thesis.

9. At what age does Rodriguez write a list of her future husband's qualities?
(a) 30.
(b) 21.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

10. What is the most loving act Rodriguez has ever experienced?
(a) Giving birth.
(b) A ritual with her friends.
(c) Her first wedding.
(d) Her second wedding.

11. What does Rodriguez realize about being both working-class and an intellectual?
(a) It is hard work.
(b) She does not realize anything.
(c) It is funny.
(d) It is ironic.

12. What does Rodriguez's mother wish her daughter were doing in life?
(a) Staying home.
(b) Having children.
(c) Working less.
(d) Working more.

13. What makes women valuable in Rodriguez's church community growing up?
(a) Their intelligence.
(b) Their committment to the church.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their looks.

14. Who spanked Rodriguez when she was a child?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her parents.

15. Who does Rodriguez crop out of a photo?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A white man.
(d) A white woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Rodriguez first read about decoloniality?

2. What name does Rodriguez ask people to call her starting in grad school?

3. What is Rodriguez's financial situation after grad school?

4. What does Rodriguez write onto a piece of paper before tossing it into a fire pit?

5. How does Rodriguez's mother feel about her daughter's career?

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