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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 describe his life as a child?
(a) Sheltered.
(b) Fun.
(c) Boring.
(d) Frightening.

2. In The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 4, what is Rodriguez afraid to admit?
(a) He will have to leave school soon.
(b) He does not like his family very much.
(c) He still does not like reading very much.
(d) He longs for his own past.

3. In Aria, Chapter 3, why does Rodriguez's family tease him?
(a) Because he reads too many books.
(b) Because he is bad at sports.
(c) Because they think he is ugly.
(d) Because he cannot speak Spanish very well.

4. What does Rodriguez start to believe about intimate conversations?
(a) He will never be able to have them with his family because of the language barrier.
(b) He can have them with his family in spite of the language barrier.
(c) He can no longer have an intimate conversation in Spanish.
(d) Intimate conversations are hard to have in the "public" language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the "scholarship boy" described?

2. What does Rodriguez realize about language and intimacy?

3. Where does Rodriguez find the description of the "scholarship boy"?

4. What does Rodriguez's family call him?

5. How does Rodriguez feel when he observes the group of black teenagers on the bus?

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