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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 does Rodriguez realize about being both working-class and an intellectual?

2. What is decoloniality all about?

3. At what point in her life did Rodriguez's father stop being a good dad?

4. What does Rodriguez want to protect herself from?

5. At what age does Rodriguez first bring home a boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrongly assumes Rodriguez is Mexican?

2. What does Rodriguez realize about her father as she gets older?

3. Why does Rodriguez go to Mexico in grad school?

4. What happens in the spring of 2014?

5. Why does Rodriguez get hit after going to a birthday party in fourth grade?

6. When does Rodriguez get divorced?

7. What does Rodriguez realize about herself when she finishes grad school?

8. Who is Rodriguez's muse?

9. How does Rodriguez's relationship with her mother change in adulthood?

10. What has Rodriguez always aspired to be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's writing style. How is it uniquely suited to the autoethnography genre?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Rodriguez's relationship with her mother. In what ways is it complicated, and how has it changed over time? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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