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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 will not benefit from it.
(b) He thinks everyone should use it.
(c) He thinks other people should use it.
(d) It is a bad idea.

2. How does Rodriguez think about the old religious traditions of his childhood?
(a) He thinks they are old-fashioned and silly.
(b) He is glad the traditions have changed.
(c) He thinks those traditions are only suitable for people like his parents.
(d) He misses the ritual.

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

4. What does Rodriguez say about bilingual education and the language of "separateness"?
(a) Students will learn better if they feel they are separate from English-speaking students.
(b) Other languages reinforce the idea that the students are separate from the larger society.
(c) Bilingual students feel separated from their education in an English-only classroom.
(d) Bilingual education should reinforce the separation of the two languages.

5. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?
(a) To ask the family to practice speaking English.
(b) To ask his parents to volunteer at the school.
(c) To meet his parents.
(d) To talk about his bad behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the new minority students on campus make Rodriguez uneasy?

2. Why is the picture of Christ with a punctured heart important?

3. At what stage in their academic career does Rodriguez believe students need help?

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

5. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?

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