1. What religious figure was very important in his parents' old church, but becomes less important in the new church?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) The priest.
(d) St. Peter.

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

3. How does the family's communication change as the children learn more English?
(a) They enjoy speaking Spanish together more.
(b) Their mother talks to them a lot, but their father never speaks to them.
(c) Their mother and father speak to them, but they no longer talk to their grandmother.
(d) They talk less because it is hard for the parents to understand their children when they speak English.

4. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?
(a) Do not ask questions; just memorize the right answers.
(b) Only ask questions of the priests and nuns.
(c) Asking questions is a good thing to do.
(d) God will answer all your questions.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. How do Rodriguez's friends affect his religious practices?

3. What does Rodriguez mean by "intimate utterance"?

4. What do the Hispanic college students ask Rodriguez to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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