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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 does Rodriguez see as the value of a book?
(a) Its plot or storyline.
(b) Its theme.
(c) Its vocabulary and use of language.
(d) Its characters.

2. As Rodriguez moves into graduate school, what does he realize about his education?
(a) He is using it to hide from his life.
(b) He is afraid of failing in school.
(c) His parents will never be proud of his accomplishments.
(d) He is the most educated person in his family.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When he graduates, where does Rodriguez live?

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

3. Where does Rodriguez believe English should be spoken?

4. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?

5. How does Rodriguez describe himself as a child?

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