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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rodriguez's initial response to bilingual education?
(a) He thinks it makes students work harder.
(b) He disagrees with it.
(c) He thinks it would have helped him a lot.
(d) He thinks it is too hard on the teacher.

2. How does Rodriguez describe himself as a child?
(a) Socially disadvantaged.
(b) Spoiled and bratty.
(c) A wild troublemaker.
(d) Comfortable with English- and Spanish-speaking people.

3. As Rodriguez moves into college and graduate school, how does his relationship with his parents change?
(a) They argue a lot.
(b) They have even less to say to each other.
(c) They ask him a lot more questions about his studies.
(d) They start talking again.

4. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?
(a) It was the worst thing that ever happened to him.
(b) He is angry that they did not have programs for bilingual children when he went to school.
(c) It was the best thing that ever happened to him.
(d) He has conflicting feelings.

5. When Rodriguez's mother becomes more fluent in English, she convinces her husband to buy _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) A telephone.
(b) A new car.
(c) A house.
(d) A television.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family's use of the word "gringo" change as the children learn more English?

2. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?

3. What does Rodriguez start to believe about intimate conversations?

4. How is the "scholarship boy" described?

5. Who does Rodriguez say surrounds him now?

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