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

2. How does Rodriguez signal respectability?
(a) With how she presents herself physically.
(b) With her language.
(c) With her behavior.
(d) With her living situation.

3. Where does Rodriguez sometimes apply for jobs after grad school?
(a) A cafe.
(b) The forest.
(c) The beach.
(d) A diner.

4. Who does imposter syndrome affect?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Men.
(c) No one.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodriguez determined to do as a junior in high school?

2. Who is the first in Rodriguez's family to move away?

3. Who talks about Rodriguez behind her back when she is in grad school?

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

5. What has Rodriguez's mother internalized about Brownness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who calls Rodriguez after she applies to grad school?

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

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

6. Where was Rodriguez born?

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

8. What does Rodriguez believe about meritocracy?

9. What does colorism place value on?

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

(see the answer keys)

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