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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Did Rodriguez's parents get the same amount of education that he did?
(a) No, and they did not want him to go to school so much, either.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, but they went to school in Mexico so they do not speak English very well.

2. Does Rodriguez think his religious education had the effect it was supposed to?
(a) Yes, because he gets a good education.
(b) Yes, because it kept him involved with the religion.
(c) No, because the schools were supposed to give him a broader view.
(d) No, because he eventually stops practicing the religion.

3. What does Rodriguez start to believe about intimate conversations?
(a) He will never be able to have them with his family because of the language barrier.
(b) He can no longer have an intimate conversation in Spanish.
(c) Intimate conversations are hard to have in the "public" language.
(d) He can have them with his family in spite of the language barrier.

4. How does Rodriguez describe himself now?
(a) A Latino activist.
(b) An education expert.
(c) A famous author.
(d) A middle-class American.

5. How does Rodriguez get involved in his church?
(a) He becomes an altar boy.
(b) He studies to become a priest.
(c) He reads the Bible aloud in church.
(d) He goes to mass every week.

6. How does Rodriguez feel about his family background?
(a) He is proud of it.
(b) He is embarrassed by it.
(c) He does not think about it too much.
(d) He wants to know more about it.

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

8. In The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 4, what is Rodriguez afraid to admit?
(a) He longs for his own past.
(b) He will have to leave school soon.
(c) He still does not like reading very much.
(d) He does not like his family very much.

9. How does Rodriguez's grandmother affect his ideas on language?
(a) Her stubborn refusal to speak English shows him how people cling to old ideas.
(b) Translating her stories helps him realize that intimacy is not connected to one language.
(c) Translating her stories shows him how things get lost in translation.
(d) She tells him Spanish is the best language.

10. What religious figure was very important in his parents' old church, but becomes less important in the new church?
(a) Jesus.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) The priest.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

11. What does Rodriguez say is the real reason for his success?
(a) Reading every book he could find.
(b) Kissing up to the teacher.
(c) Working very hard.
(d) Remembering what his life was like before he was educated.

12. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?
(a) To ask his parents to volunteer at the school.
(b) To meet his parents.
(c) To talk about his bad behavior.
(d) To ask the family to practice speaking English.

13. Why does Rodriguez say he is writing this book?
(a) To complain about the bad schools he attended.
(b) To study how he became the person he is today.
(c) To encourage other people to get a good education.
(d) To explain how hard school is for children who do not speak English.

14. How is the "scholarship boy" described?
(a) A good son who wants to please his parents.
(b) A good student who is guaranteed to succeed.
(c) A good student but a troubled son.
(d) A good son but a troubled student.

15. How does a scholarship boy form his own ideas or opinions?
(a) He learns about other's ideas and opinions, but does not have his own ideas.
(b) He bases his ideas on what he learns in class.
(c) He bases his ideas on what his teacher tells him.
(d) He bases his ideas on what his classmates tell him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Rodriguez's brother and sister tell him what to expect at school?

2. What do fellow students think of the scholarship boy?

3. What does Rodriguez's family seem to think about Spanish and English?

4. When does Rodriguez begin to question his religion?

5. How does Rodriguez describe the sound of English?

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