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

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

3. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?
(a) To meet his parents.
(b) To ask the family to practice speaking English.
(c) To talk about his bad behavior.
(d) To ask his parents to volunteer at the school.

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

5. How does Rodriguez feel about learning English?
(a) Proud, because it is a hard language to learn.
(b) Frustrated, because he does not learn it very well.
(c) Bored, because he does not really want to learn it.
(d) Guilty, because he feels like he has damaged his family's close relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Rodriguez's parents respond when he wants to go to Stanford?

2. How does the scholarship boy use education?

3. How is the "scholarship boy" described?

4. What does Rodriguez say would be the disadvantage of bilingual education?

5. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?

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