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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Complexion, Chapter 3, what new hobby does Rodriguez take up?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Long-distance running.
(c) Skateboarding.
(d) Scuba diving.

2. What does Rodriguez start to notice about English?
(a) Sounds and tones he previously ignored.
(b) How much easier it is to say things in English than in Spanish.
(c) How much English helps him do better in school.
(d) Words he understands now that he did not understand before.

3. Why do the new minority students on campus make Rodriguez uneasy?
(a) They try to speak to him in Spanish.
(b) They act like revolutionaries and promote violence.
(c) They dress funny.
(d) They celebrate the cultural heritage that he has rejected.

4. What example does Rodriguez offer of how affirmative action can have negative consequences?
(a) His own experience as a minority who struggled in college.
(b) Students who were helped by affirmative action, but then did not help their fellow minorities.
(c) Students he knew in graduate school who had never written a paper.
(d) Students who flunked out of college.

5. In Complexion, Chapter 2, what does Rodriguez do to try to change his skin color?
(a) Shave his arms.
(b) Take medication.
(c) Scrub the color off.
(d) Bleach his skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of his skin color, what did Rodriguez's parents worry about?

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

3. What two versions of his religion does Rodriguez say his parents had to choose between?

4. When he graduates, where does Rodriguez live?

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

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