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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When he is a child, what do people say about Rodriguez's complexion?
(a) They tease him.
(b) They tell him to see a doctor to get help.
(c) They joke with him about how light his skin is.
(d) They tell him he is handsome.

3. Where does Rodriguez believe English should be spoken?
(a) In the classroom.
(b) In public.
(c) In private, with family or close friends.
(d) Everywhere.

4. Why is the picture of Christ with a punctured heart important?
(a) It frightens Richard and gives him nightmares.
(b) It symbolizes everything his family believes about God.
(c) It symbolizes the intersection of church, school, and home.
(d) It is the first gift his family gets from a priest.

5. What religion does Rodriguez's family practice?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Catholicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez believe Spanish should be spoken?

2. What is the Third World Student Movement?

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

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

5. According to Rodriguez's family, what is wrong with Richard?

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