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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. How do people perceive Rodriguez while she is growing up?
(a) They see her as smart.
(b) They see her potential.
(c) They see her as hardworking.
(d) They do not see her potential.

2. What does this book encourage readers to do?
(a) Find themselves.
(b) Stay at home.
(c) Make friends.
(d) Lose themselves.

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

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

5. How many Latinas are in Rodriguez's cohort?
(a) 20.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insisted Rodriguez move back home after grad school?

2. What does Rodriguez say to people who are struggling to embrace themselves?

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

4. Who does Rodriguez not write for?

5. What does Rodriguez learn in grad school to allow her to heal from her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Rodriguez write for?

3. What does Rodriguez claim she wears whenever she leaves her house?

4. Who tries to stop Rodriguez from taking AP classes in high school?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Rodriguez believe about meritocracy?

(see the answer keys)

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