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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Complexion, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he was a child, what did his parents say he looked like?
(a) A poor Mexican man who works in the sun.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A sick child.
(d) A wealthy boy who does not work.

2. When he is a child, what do people say about Rodriguez's complexion?
(a) They joke with him about how light his skin is.
(b) They tease him.
(c) They tell him he is handsome.
(d) They tell him to see a doctor to get help.

3. What is Rodriguez told about reading the Bible?
(a) Read it at mass on Sunday.
(b) Read it in the classroom with someone to guide him.
(c) Do not read it at all.
(d) Read it every day.

4. How does Rodriguez see the scholarship boy?
(a) As someone who is doomed to fail.
(b) As the teacher's pet.
(c) As the future of the country.
(d) As the teacher's puppet.

5. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?
(a) The parents depend on the children to do the talking in public.
(b) The family grows closer together.
(c) The family loses some of its closeness.
(d) The children start disobeying their parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez learn about sin?

2. In The Achievement of Desire, Prologue, Rodriguez says that now that he is successful, people always ask him a certain question. What is it?

3. How does the family's communication change as the children learn more English?

4. What religious figure was very important in his parents' old church, but becomes less important in the new church?

5. How does Rodriguez's mother change as the family starts to speak English more?

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