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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Profession, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez finally decide about affirmative action?
(a) He thinks other people should use it.
(b) He will not benefit from it.
(c) It is a bad idea.
(d) He thinks everyone should use it.

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

3. Based on his conversation with his classmate, what does Rodriguez decide?
(a) Not to take any of the teaching jobs.
(b) To take the worst job that was offered to him.
(c) To take the best job that was offered to him.
(d) To only take a job if he knows he did not get it through affirmative action.

4. Where do Rodriguez's parents speak Spanish and where do they speak English?
(a) Spanish at home, English in public.
(b) Spanish everywhere.
(c) English at home, Spanish in public.
(d) English everywhere.

5. How does Rodriguez change his religious practices?
(a) He stops going to confession and listens to his conscience instead of the priest.
(b) He starts praying more regularly.
(c) He goes to mass every day.
(d) He stops going to mass at all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rodriguez say would be the benefit of bilingual education?

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

4. How does Rodriguez feel about his religious education?

5. When Rodriguez gets a summer job during college , what does it teach him about "real work"?

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