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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. Who does Rodriguez not write for?

2. What were women in Rodriguez's church community shamed for growing up?

3. What was not a priority for Rodriguez's family growing up?

4. For how long was Rodriguez's relative missing?

5. What is a chonga?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez live during grad school?

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

3. What is voluntourism?

4. Where does Rodriguez often go to seek solace?

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

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

7. What does colorism place value on?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's experience growing up in Florida after immigrating from Nicaragua. How was her experience in the U.S. different from her early childhood?

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

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's relationship to academia. Why are her feelings toward the industry so complicated?

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