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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez learn about sin?
(a) Sins are bad, and he should confess them to the priest.
(b) Sins are not a big deal, and he should not worry about them.
(c) Sins are things that non-religious people do.
(d) Sins are good, and he should try to have more of them.

2. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?
(a) A place in public society.
(b) Better grades.
(c) A chance to go to college.
(d) More friends.

3. Why is the picture of Christ with a punctured heart important?
(a) It is the first gift his family gets from a priest.
(b) It symbolizes everything his family believes about God.
(c) It symbolizes the intersection of church, school, and home.
(d) It frightens Richard and gives him nightmares.

4. In The Achievement of Desire, Prologue, Rodriguez says that now that he is successful, people always ask him a certain question. What is it?
(a) Did you benefit from affirmative action?
(b) How did you manage your success?
(c) Can I have your autograph?
(d) Are your brothers and sisters as smart as you are?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rodriguez's mother becomes more fluent in English, she convinces her husband to buy _________. (fill in the blank)

2. As Rodriguez learns more English, what does he do about his parents' English skills?

3. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?

4. What does Rodriguez think about how the meaning of a person's complexion has changed?

5. What is Rodriguez's complexion like?

(see the answer key)

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