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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rodriguez describe himself as a child?
(a) A wild troublemaker.
(b) Comfortable with English- and Spanish-speaking people.
(c) Spoiled and bratty.
(d) Socially disadvantaged.

2. What changes Rodriguez's ideas about his complexion?
(a) He talks about it with other minority students.
(b) He talks about it with one of his professors.
(c) He writes a news story about the "Black is Beautiful" movement.
(d) He works construction and gets comfortable about revealing his skin.

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

4. What does Rodriguez say about bilingual education and the language of "separateness"?
(a) Bilingual education should reinforce the separation of the two languages.
(b) Other languages reinforce the idea that the students are separate from the larger society.
(c) Students will learn better if they feel they are separate from English-speaking students.
(d) Bilingual students feel separated from their education in an English-only classroom.

5. How does Rodriguez's education affect his relationship with his parents?
(a) His parents brag about him all the time.
(b) It makes him feel closer to his parents.
(c) It causes a separation between them.
(d) His parents stop talking to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?

2. How does a newspaper affect Rodriguez's reading habits?

3. Who teaches Rodriguez that stereotypes are not accurate?

4. As a young child, how does Rodriguez feel about books?

5. Where does Rodriguez start school?

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