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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 himself now?
(a) An education expert.
(b) A famous author.
(c) A middle-class American.
(d) A Latino activist.

2. How does Rodriguez see the scholarship boy?
(a) As someone who is doomed to fail.
(b) As the future of the country.
(c) As the teacher's puppet.
(d) As the teacher's pet.

3. How does the family's communication change as the children learn more English?
(a) Their mother talks to them a lot, but their father never speaks to them.
(b) Their mother and father speak to them, but they no longer talk to their grandmother.
(c) They enjoy speaking Spanish together more.
(d) They talk less because it is hard for the parents to understand their children when they speak English.

4. How do Rodriguez's parents respond when he wants to go to Stanford?
(a) They refuse to pay for his education.
(b) They are proud of him, but they worry about how expensive it will be for him to go away to school.
(c) They worry about him going so far away.
(d) They brag to everyone about their son, the Stanford student.

5. Who does Rodriguez say surrounds him now?
(a) The children he teaches.
(b) Spanish-speaking immigrants.
(c) Rich people.
(d) Politicians and lawmakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodriguez told about reading the Bible?

2. Does Rodriguez think his religious education had the effect it was supposed to?

3. What does Rodriguez realize about language and intimacy?

4. How is the "scholarship boy" described?

5. As Rodriguez moves into college and graduate school, how does his relationship with his parents change?

(see the answer key)

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