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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. What was Rodriguez like as a student?
(a) A slow learner who worked very hard.
(b) A troublemaker who was bored in class.
(c) A bookworm who admired his teachers.
(d) The kind of student to whom everything came easily.

2. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?
(a) The children start disobeying their parents.
(b) The family grows closer together.
(c) The family loses some of its closeness.
(d) The parents depend on the children to do the talking in public.

3. How does Rodriguez describe the sound of English?
(a) Weak and quiet.
(b) Loud and confident.
(c) Awkward and confusing.
(d) Flat and boring.

4. How does Rodriguez feel about his family background?
(a) He wants to know more about it.
(b) He is embarrassed by it.
(c) He is proud of it.
(d) He does not think about it too much.

5. According to Rodriguez, what is wrong with speaking a private language in public?
(a) Most people will not understand what is being said.
(b) It prevents people from learning the public language.
(c) It will eventually stop being a private language.
(d) It is embarrassing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?

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

3. How does Rodriguez feel about his parents' English skills?

4. 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?

5. In The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 4, what is Rodriguez afraid to admit?

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