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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Profession, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment from a professor makes Rodriguez rethink his use of the label "minority student"?
(a) That he is a bad writer because he is a minority.
(b) That he automatically gets an "A" because he is a minority.
(c) That his opinion is based on his minority status.
(d) That he does not count as a minority.

2. Now that he is a teacher, what does Rodriguez blame white students for?
(a) They are rude to the minority students.
(b) They do not make an effort to help poor white students get an education.
(c) They think they are smarter than the professors.
(d) They are arrogant and selfish about their grades.

3. What does Rodriguez mean by "intimate utterance"?
(a) Intimate words should not be spoken in public.
(b) Some words are more intimate than others.
(c) Words take their meaning from the relationship between the speakers.
(d) It is easier to be intimate in Spanish than in English.

4. Is Rodriguez's education affected by his religion? If so, how?
(a) Yes, because his education is scheduled around religious services.
(b) No, because his education is not a religious education.
(c) Yes, because he spends his whole day praying and does not study.
(d) Yes, because he only studies religious material.

5. Did Rodriguez's brother and sister tell him what to expect at school?
(a) They told him he would have fun.
(b) No, they never talked about it.
(c) They told him to be good and listen to the teacher.
(d) No, he was the first one in his family to go to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez call the English-speaking people his family interacts with?

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

3. What does religion do for his parents?

4. Where does Rodriguez start school?

5. Did Rodriguez's parents get the same amount of education that he did?

(see the answer key)

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