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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. How does Rodriguez feel when he observes the group of black teenagers on the bus?
(a) He is scared because they look tough.
(b) He is irritated because they are noisy.
(c) He envies their close bond.
(d) He wishes he could be their friend.

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

3. How does Rodriguez's mother change as the family starts to speak English more?
(a) She complains about using English.
(b) She gets upset and insists that they speak to her in Spanish.
(c) She learns more English and works hard to talk to her children.
(d) She helps her children learn more English.

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

5. How does the family's use of the word "gringo" change as the children learn more English?
(a) They use it to compliment each other on how well they speak English.
(b) They stop saying it because they no longer use Spanish words.
(c) The children do not like their parents to use that word any more.
(d) It starts to mean "a non-Hispanic American" as opposed to the "other" or "outsider" that it used to imply.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez do in Aria, Chapter 2, that gives him the confidence to speak up in class?

2. Where does Rodriguez start school?

3. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?

4. How does Rodriguez feel about his parents' English skills?

5. As a young child, how does Rodriguez feel about books?

(see the answer key)

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