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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rodriguez has acknowledged that his relationship with his family changed as he became more educated. What does he say about how that affected his success?
(a) He used it as an excuse to not work very hard.
(b) He used it to explain to people what his life was like before he was educated.
(c) He does not complain about the change because he is so glad to be well-educated.
(d) He used it to motivate him to try harder.

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

3. What does Rodriguez say would be the disadvantage of bilingual education?
(a) It would mean he was only in class with other people who spoke Spanish.
(b) It would make him lazy about learning English.
(c) It would make it easier to cheat on tests.
(d) It would limit the things he could study in school.

4. What was Rodriguez like as a student?
(a) A slow learner who worked very hard.
(b) A troublemaker who was bored in class.
(c) The kind of student to whom everything came easily.
(d) A bookworm who admired his teachers.

5. What does Rodriguez say education does to the scholarship boy?
(a) It teaches him to look down on people who are not educated.
(b) It teaches him to stand up for himself.
(c) It teaches him to be less unique and more like other people.
(d) It teaches him to fight for justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez learn about sin?

2. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?

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

4. How does the scholarship boy use education?

5. How does the family's use of the word "gringo" change as the children learn more English?

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