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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Complexion, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Rodriguez moves into college and graduate school, how does his relationship with his parents change?
(a) They start talking again.
(b) They argue a lot.
(c) They ask him a lot more questions about his studies.
(d) They have even less to say to each other.

2. Where does Rodriguez believe English should be spoken?
(a) In the classroom.
(b) In public.
(c) In private, with family or close friends.
(d) Everywhere.

3. How does Rodriguez change his religious practices?
(a) He stops going to mass at all.
(b) He goes to mass every day.
(c) He starts praying more regularly.
(d) He stops going to confession and listens to his conscience instead of the priest.

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

5. When he was a child, what did his parents say he looked like?
(a) A sick child.
(b) A poor Mexican man who works in the sun.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A wealthy boy who does not work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rodriguez's education affect his relationship with his parents?

2. What was Rodriguez like as a student?

3. What does Rodriguez start to believe about intimate conversations?

4. Once the family has shifted to speaking English, how does Rodriguez feel when he hears families speaking Spanish?

5. How does Rodriguez's mother change as the family starts to speak English more?

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