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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 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 and father speak to them, but they no longer talk to their grandmother.
(d) Their mother talks to them a lot, but their father never speaks to them.

2. In Aria, Chapter 3, why does Rodriguez's family tease him?
(a) Because he reads too many books.
(b) Because he cannot speak Spanish very well.
(c) Because he is bad at sports.
(d) Because they think he is ugly.

3. Where does Rodriguez start school?
(a) In Miami, Florida.
(b) In St. Paul, Minnesota.
(c) In Sacramento, California.
(d) In New York City.

4. What does Rodriguez realize about language and intimacy?
(a) That he can express himself better in English than in Spanish.
(b) That Spanish is always a more intimate language that English.
(c) That language is how a person maintains their intimacy with other people.
(d) That intimacy is about the relationship between the people, not about what language they speak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?

2. Rodriguez has acknowledged that his relationship with his family changed as he became more educated. What does he say about how that affected his success?

3. How does Rodriguez describe his life as a child?

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

5. Where does Rodriguez find the description of the "scholarship boy"?

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