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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What program does Rodriguez enter for graduate study?

2. Why does Rodriguez's mother want her to stay out of the sun?

3. Who once mocks Rodriguez for mispronouncing a word during class?

4. When does Rodriguez create Latina Rebels?

5. From whom does Rodriguez seek validation while in grad school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What school does Rodriguez attend for grad school?

3. Where was Rodriguez born?

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

5. What does Rodriguez believe about meritocracy?

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

7. Where does Rodriguez often go to seek solace?

8. What does colorism place value on?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's experience of unlearning the racist, sexist, xenophobic ideologies she internalized while growing up. What experiences or tools helped her to unlearn these harmful things?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's relationship to her name. What drives her to ask people to start calling her by her given name and not her Americanized name?

Essay Topic 3

How does Rodriguez explore the idea of colorism in the book? What examples does she provide?

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