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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 do fellow students think of the scholarship boy?
(a) They think he works too hard.
(b) They are proud of his efforts.
(c) They think he needs to work harder.
(d) They think he is the teacher's pet.

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

3. How does Rodriguez explain his success to people?
(a) He went to a good school and had supportive parents.
(b) He was just very lucky.
(c) He worked very hard.
(d) He had good teachers.

4. What does Rodriguez say would be the disadvantage of bilingual education?
(a) It would limit the things he could study in school.
(b) It would make it easier to cheat on tests.
(c) It would make him lazy about learning English.
(d) It would mean he was only in class with other people who spoke Spanish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Rodriguez takes the reading class, how does he feel about reading and books?

2. When Rodriguez's mother becomes more fluent in English, she convinces her husband to buy _________. (fill in the blank)

3. As a young child, how does Rodriguez feel about books?

4. As Rodriguez learns more English, what does he do about his parents' English skills?

5. How does Rodriguez's father react to his educational accomplishments?

(see the answer key)

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