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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does his mother think about his reading?
(a) She wishes he would read less and go play sports.
(b) She is proud of him for reading so much.
(c) She hopes that he can teach her to read better.
(d) She does not understand it.

2. What does Rodriguez start to believe about intimate conversations?
(a) He can no longer have an intimate conversation in Spanish.
(b) He can have them with his family in spite of the language barrier.
(c) Intimate conversations are hard to have in the "public" language.
(d) He will never be able to have them with his family because of the language barrier.

3. What does Rodriguez call the English-speaking people his family interacts with?
(a) Otros.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Non-Mexicans.
(d) Gringos.

4. How does Rodriguez's grandmother affect his ideas on language?
(a) She tells him Spanish is the best language.
(b) Translating her stories helps him realize that intimacy is not connected to one language.
(c) Translating her stories shows him how things get lost in translation.
(d) Her stubborn refusal to speak English shows him how people cling to old ideas.

5. When Rodriguez's mother becomes more fluent in English, she convinces her husband to buy _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) A telephone.
(b) A television.
(c) A new car.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez feel when he observes the group of black teenagers on the bus?

2. Did Rodriguez's brother and sister tell him what to expect at school?

3. According to Rodriguez, what is wrong with speaking a private language in public?

4. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?

5. Where does Rodriguez believe Spanish should be spoken?

(see the answer key)

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