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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 wonder about his parents and his education?
(a) If they can help him with his homework.
(b) If they think he is trying hard enough in class.
(c) If they will understand the knowledge he gains.
(d) If they think he should be studying a different subject.

2. How does Rodriguez's education affect his relationship with his parents?
(a) His parents stop talking to him.
(b) It causes a separation between them.
(c) His parents brag about him all the time.
(d) It makes him feel closer to his parents.

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

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

5. What does Rodriguez do in Aria, Chapter 2, that gives him the confidence to speak up in class?
(a) Learning English from listening to the radio.
(b) Studying with a classmate.
(c) Practicing English with his family.
(d) Getting extra help from the teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez believe Spanish should be spoken?

2. Who does Rodriguez say surrounds him now?

3. How does the family's communication change as the children learn more English?

4. What does Rodriguez start to notice about English?

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

(see the answer key)

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