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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Rodriguez say he is writing this book?
(a) To explain how hard school is for children who do not speak English.
(b) To complain about the bad schools he attended.
(c) To study how he became the person he is today.
(d) To encourage other people to get a good education.

3. As a child, how does Rodriguez feel about speaking English?
(a) He thinks it is a waste of time.
(b) He is proud that he learns to speak English well.
(c) He is eager to learn to speak English.
(d) He is afraid of it.

4. Rodriguez describes events that happened how many years ago?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Rodriguez's mother change as the family starts to speak English more?

3. Does Rodriguez believe that not speaking English well has consequences for his parents?

4. How does Rodriguez's father change as the family starts to speak English more?

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

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