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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 genre is this text?

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

3. What program does Rodriguez enter for graduate study?

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

5. Where does Rodriguez's family buy her school uniforms?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Rodriguez buy in high school to try to gain proximity to whiteness?

5. When does Rodriguez first become aware of class?

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

7. What does colorism place value on?

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

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

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

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 growing up in Florida after immigrating from Nicaragua. How was her experience in the U.S. different from her early childhood?

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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