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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?
(a) The children start disobeying their parents.
(b) The family grows closer together.
(c) The family loses some of its closeness.
(d) The parents depend on the children to do the talking in public.

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

3. How does Rodriguez feel about his family background?
(a) He wants to know more about it.
(b) He does not think about it too much.
(c) He is proud of it.
(d) He is embarrassed by it.

4. How does Rodriguez describe the sound of English?
(a) Loud and confident.
(b) Weak and quiet.
(c) Awkward and confusing.
(d) Flat and boring.

5. What does Rodriguez say would be the disadvantage of bilingual education?
(a) It would mean he was only in class with other people who spoke Spanish.
(b) It would make it easier to cheat on tests.
(c) It would make him lazy about learning English.
(d) It would limit the things he could study in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez call the English-speaking people his family interacts with?

2. How does Rodriguez describe himself now?

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

4. Where does Rodriguez believe Spanish should be spoken?

5. Rodriguez describes events that happened how many years ago?

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