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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. What part of Nicaragua is Rodriguez's mother from?
(a) The financial district.
(b) The mountain region.
(c) The lake region.
(d) The capital.

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

3. Where does Rodriguez move to for grad school?
(a) New York.
(b) LA.
(c) Miami.
(d) Nashville.

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

5. Why does Rodriguez seek to divest from whiteness?
(a) She does not divest from whiteness.
(b) To have something to write about.
(c) To find a husband.
(d) To feel free.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rodriguez scared to go home after grad school?

2. Why does Rodriguez bring her mother to talk with her counselor in high school?

3. What does Rodriguez say voluntourism is a product of?

4. How does Rodriguez try to change her physical image in middle school?

5. What does Rodriguez feel pressured to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Rodriguez born?

2. What is voluntourism?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Rodriguez expected to do with her life when she is growing up?

8. What is Rodriguez's experience with code-switching?

9. What does Rodriguez realize when she gets to grad school?

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

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