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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. Who in Rodriguez's family has African ancestry?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) No one.
(d) Her great-grandmother.

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

3. Who once took a photo with Rodriguez without her consent?
(a) A voluntourist.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) A tourist.

4. What does Rodriguez learn in grad school to allow her to heal from her childhood?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Big words.
(c) Theory.
(d) Language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What program does Rodriguez enter for graduate study?

2. What music is Rodriguez not allowed to listen to as a child?

3. What does Rodriguez realize about white people while in grad school?

4. Where does Rodriguez move to for grad school?

5. What does Rodriguez do when she listens to the radio when she is in middle school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rodriguez stay after school every day when she first moves to the U.S.?

3. What is voluntourism?

4. What does colorism place value on?

5. What is Rodriguez's relationship to the Spanish language?

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

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

8. What school does Rodriguez attend for grad school?

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

10. What poetry book does Rodriguez buy in high school?

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