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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rodriguez taught about marrying someone of a different religion?
(a) It is all right if both families approve of it.
(b) It is a sin.
(c) It is difficult to make it work.
(d) It is a good idea.

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

3. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?
(a) Only ask questions of the priests and nuns.
(b) Do not ask questions; just memorize the right answers.
(c) Asking questions is a good thing to do.
(d) God will answer all your questions.

4. When Rodriguez's mother becomes more fluent in English, she convinces her husband to buy _________. (fill in the blank)
(a) A telephone.
(b) A television.
(c) A house.
(d) A new car.

5. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?
(a) It was the worst thing that ever happened to him.
(b) It was the best thing that ever happened to him.
(c) He is angry that they did not have programs for bilingual children when he went to school.
(d) He has conflicting feelings.

6. What does Rodriguez see as the value of a book?
(a) Its characters.
(b) Its vocabulary and use of language.
(c) Its theme.
(d) Its plot or storyline.

7. What does Rodriguez say education does to the scholarship boy?
(a) It teaches him to look down on people who are not educated.
(b) It teaches him to fight for justice.
(c) It teaches him to be less unique and more like other people.
(d) It teaches him to stand up for himself.

8. As Rodriguez learns more English, what does he do about his parents' English skills?
(a) He gets angry at them for speaking Spanish.
(b) He teaches them how to speak English.
(c) He corrects their grammar.
(d) He tells them to be quiet and let him do the talking.

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

10. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?
(a) He needs to read 2,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(b) People who do not read cannot have complicated ideas.
(c) He needs to read 5,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(d) Reading will teach him complicated ideas.

11. Who does Rodriguez say surrounds him now?
(a) The children he teaches.
(b) Politicians and lawmakers.
(c) Rich people.
(d) Spanish-speaking immigrants.

12. As Rodriguez moves into graduate school, what does he realize about his education?
(a) He is using it to hide from his life.
(b) He is afraid of failing in school.
(c) He is the most educated person in his family.
(d) His parents will never be proud of his accomplishments.

13. What is Rodriguez's initial response to bilingual education?
(a) He thinks it makes students work harder.
(b) He thinks it is too hard on the teacher.
(c) He disagrees with it.
(d) He thinks it would have helped him a lot.

14. Why is the picture of Christ with a punctured heart important?
(a) It symbolizes the intersection of church, school, and home.
(b) It is the first gift his family gets from a priest.
(c) It symbolizes everything his family believes about God.
(d) It frightens Richard and gives him nightmares.

15. What does his mother think about his reading?
(a) She does not understand it.
(b) She wishes he would read less and go play sports.
(c) She hopes that he can teach her to read better.
(d) She is proud of him for reading so much.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Achievement of Desire, Prologue, Rodriguez says that now that he is successful, people always ask him a certain question. What is it?

2. What does Rodriguez say would be the benefit of bilingual education?

3. What does Rodriguez do in Aria, Chapter 2, that gives him the confidence to speak up in class?

4. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?

5. What do teachers think of the scholarship boy?

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