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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. How does Rodriguez's mother change as the family starts to speak English more?
(a) She complains about using English.
(b) She learns more English and works hard to talk to her children.
(c) She gets upset and insists that they speak to her in Spanish.
(d) She helps her children learn more English.

2. What does Rodriguez start to believe about intimate conversations?
(a) Intimate conversations are hard to have in the "public" language.
(b) He can no longer have an intimate conversation in Spanish.
(c) He will never be able to have them with his family because of the language barrier.
(d) He can have them with his family in spite of the language barrier.

3. How does Rodriguez feel when he observes the group of black teenagers on the bus?
(a) He is scared because they look tough.
(b) He envies their close bond.
(c) He is irritated because they are noisy.
(d) He wishes he could be their friend.

4. What does Rodriguez call the English-speaking people his family interacts with?
(a) Otros.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Gringos.
(d) Non-Mexicans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez mean by "intimate utterance"?

2. Where do Rodriguez's parents speak Spanish and where do they speak English?

3. What does Rodriguez say would be the benefit of bilingual education?

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

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

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