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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. How does Rodriguez feel after her divorce?

2. Why does Rodriguez visit Fort Myers, Florida?

3. Where does Rodriguez go on a trip to while in grad school?

4. Who in her family did Rodriguez often defend while growing up?

5. What does Rodriguez's mother wish her daughter were doing in life?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Rodriguez ask people to start calling her by a different name?

2. Why does Rodriguez visit Fort Myers, Florida?

3. How does intersectionality change Rodriguez's approach to romantic relationships?

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

5. What happens in the spring of 2014?

6. Who is the first in Rodriguez's family to do many things?

7. Where does Rodriguez first learn about intersectionality?

8. Who is Dr. Cynthia Enloe?

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

10. Who are the men in Rodriguez's family?

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 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 in which you explore the idea of chosen family. What is a chosen family, and who belongs in Rodriguez's chosen family? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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