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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?
(a) More friends.
(b) Better grades.
(c) A place in public society.
(d) A chance to go to college.

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

4. What does his mother think about his reading?
(a) She wishes he would read less and go play sports.
(b) She does not understand it.
(c) She is proud of him for reading so much.
(d) She hopes that he can teach her to read better.

5. How does the family's use of the word "gringo" change as the children learn more English?
(a) It starts to mean "a non-Hispanic American" as opposed to the "other" or "outsider" that it used to imply.
(b) They stop saying it because they no longer use Spanish words.
(c) The children do not like their parents to use that word any more.
(d) They use it to compliment each other on how well they speak English.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he graduates, where does Rodriguez live?

2. How does Rodriguez feel about learning English?

3. How does Rodriguez's grandmother affect his ideas on language?

4. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?

5. How does a scholarship boy form his own ideas or opinions?

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