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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez work one on one with teachers after school when she is in elementary school?
(a) To learn to read.
(b) To study French.
(c) To learn math.
(d) She does not work with her teachers after school.

2. Why does Rodriguez bring her mother to talk with her counselor in high school?
(a) To help her convince him to let her take P.E.
(b) To help her convince him to let her apply to colleges.
(c) To help her convince him to let her take AP Bio.
(d) To help her convince him to let her take AP classes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Rodriguez first encounter an adult gatekeeper?

2. Who does Rodriguez not write for?

3. Which relative of Rodriguez's was kidnapped in 2018?

4. When does Rodriguez learn to value her background and take pride in it?

5. Why was grad school traumatizing for Rodriguez?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Rodriguez born?

2. When did Rodriguez's family immigrate to the U.S.?

3. When does Rodriguez first hear the term 'colorism'?

4. What does Rodriguez buy in high school to try to gain proximity to whiteness?

5. Why does Rodriguez listen to the radio every night in middle school?

6. What is voluntourism?

7. Who once mocks Rodriguez during class while she is in grad school?

8. Why does Rodriguez start dressing differently than normal while in grad school?

9. What does colorism place value on?

10. Who does Rodriguez write for?

(see the answer keys)

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