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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 book did Rodriguez discover in high school?

2. What age is Rodriguez when she moves to a new country?

3. When does Rodriguez begin to embrace her working-class identity?

4. When does Rodriguez first encounter an adult gatekeeper?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Rodriguez move after grad school?

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

4. Where does Rodriguez's family move to when she is a child?

5. What happened to Rodriguez's cousin in 2018?

6. Where was Rodriguez born?

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

8. What does colorism place value on?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the sexism Rodriguez endured at the hands of her family and community growing up. In what ways did she begin to challenge the misogyny projected onto her once she was an adult?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's experience in graduate school. In what ways was the experience both traumatizing and transformative for her?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's relationship with her brother. In what ways is this relationship ultimately toxic and unhealthy?

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