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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. How does Rodriguez see the scholarship boy?
(a) As the teacher's pet.
(b) As someone who is doomed to fail.
(c) As the teacher's puppet.
(d) As the future of the country.

2. What does Rodriguez's family seem to think about Spanish and English?
(a) Richard needs to remember his Spanish, even if that hurts his education.
(b) Richard should speak only Spanish.
(c) Spanish and English are equally good languages.
(d) Richard should learn to speak only in English to be more successful.

3. 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) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, and they did not want him to go to school so much, either.

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

5. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?
(a) People who do not read cannot have complicated ideas.
(b) He needs to read 2,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(c) He needs to read 5,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(d) Reading will teach him complicated ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez believe English should be spoken?

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

3. Where does Rodriguez start school?

4. What does Rodriguez say is the real reason for his success?

5. Where does Rodriguez believe Spanish should be spoken?

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