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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aria, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?
(a) Better grades.
(b) A chance to go to college.
(c) More friends.
(d) A place in public society.

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

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

4. Did Rodriguez's parents get the same amount of education that he did?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) No, and they did not want him to go to school so much, either.
(d) Yes, but they went to school in Mexico so they do not speak English very well.

5. How does Rodriguez feel about learning English?
(a) Bored, because he does not really want to learn it.
(b) Guilty, because he feels like he has damaged his family's close relationship.
(c) Frustrated, because he does not learn it very well.
(d) Proud, because it is a hard language to learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez's family seem to think about Spanish and English?

2. How well can Rodriguez speak English when he starts school?

3. In Aria, Chapter 3, why does Rodriguez's family tease him?

4. How does Rodriguez describe his life as a child?

5. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?

(see the answer key)

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