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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mr. Secrets, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rodriguez explain his success to people?
(a) He was just very lucky.
(b) He had good teachers.
(c) He went to a good school and had supportive parents.
(d) He worked very hard.

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

3. While he studies at Stanford, what does Rodriguez do to make money?
(a) Tutors other students.
(b) Works in the school cafeteria.
(c) Works a construction job.
(d) Writes for a local newspaper.

4. As an adult, what do people think his complexion says about him?
(a) That he is poor and works in the sun all day.
(b) That he is rich and lives a life of luxury.
(c) That he spends a lot of time indoors.
(d) That he is unhealthy.

5. Based on his conversation with his classmate, what does Rodriguez decide?
(a) Not to take any of the teaching jobs.
(b) To take the best job that was offered to him.
(c) To only take a job if he knows he did not get it through affirmative action.
(d) To take the worst job that was offered to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Rodriguez like as a student?

3. What does his mother think about his reading?

4. What is Rodriguez taught about marrying someone of a different religion?

5. What does Rodriguez learn about sin?

(see the answer key)

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