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

2. How does Rodriguez feel about his parents' English skills?
(a) He is afraid they will get in trouble because they do not speak English properly.
(b) He thinks they do all right speaking a mix of Spanish and English.
(c) He is troubled by their poor English skills.
(d) He wishes his mom would do all the talking.

3. How well can Rodriguez speak English when he starts school?
(a) His English is very limited.
(b) He speaks English pretty well.
(c) He is fluent in English and Spanish.
(d) He does not speak English at all.

4. What does Rodriguez start to notice about English?
(a) How much English helps him do better in school.
(b) Words he understands now that he did not understand before.
(c) How much easier it is to say things in English than in Spanish.
(d) Sounds and tones he previously ignored.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez describe the sound of English?

2. How does Rodriguez feel about learning English?

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

4. Where does Rodriguez start school?

5. How does Rodriguez describe himself now?

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