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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Credo, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rodriguez's grandmother affect his ideas on language?
(a) Translating her stories shows him how things get lost in translation.
(b) She tells him Spanish is the best language.
(c) Her stubborn refusal to speak English shows him how people cling to old ideas.
(d) Translating her stories helps him realize that intimacy is not connected to one language.

2. What religion does Rodriguez's family practice?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

3. What does Rodriguez say is the real reason for his success?
(a) Working very hard.
(b) Remembering what his life was like before he was educated.
(c) Reading every book he could find.
(d) Kissing up to the teacher.

4. As Rodriguez reaches the end of his education, what does he have to confront?
(a) His lack of any friends or girlfriends.
(b) His damaged relationship with his parents.
(c) The discrimination he experiences as a Hispanic man.
(d) His need to get a job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?

2. What do fellow students think of the scholarship boy?

3. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?

4. How does Rodriguez see the scholarship boy?

5. Who does Rodriguez say surrounds him now?

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