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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Rodriguez describe the sound of English?
(a) Flat and boring.
(b) Weak and quiet.
(c) Awkward and confusing.
(d) Loud and confident.

3. How does Rodriguez feel about learning English?
(a) Guilty, because he feels like he has damaged his family's close relationship.
(b) Frustrated, because he does not learn it very well.
(c) Proud, because it is a hard language to learn.
(d) Bored, because he does not really want to learn it.

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

5. What did Rodriguez learn about other religions beside his own?
(a) Other religions are similar to his own religion.
(b) They are "wrong" and his religion is "right."
(c) Everybody needs to choose their own religion.
(d) There are lots of good religions in the world.

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. What do teachers think of the scholarship boy?
(a) They think he is the teacher's pet.
(b) They think he works too hard.
(c) They think he needs to work harder.
(d) They are proud of his efforts.

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

12. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?
(a) It was the best thing that ever happened to him.
(b) It was the worst 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.

13. 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 only studies religious material.
(d) Yes, because he spends his whole day praying and does not study.

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

15. As Rodriguez reaches the end of his education, what does he have to confront?
(a) His lack of any friends or girlfriends.
(b) His damaged relationship with his parents.
(c) His need to get a job.
(d) The discrimination he experiences as a Hispanic man.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rodriguez, what is wrong with speaking a private language in public?

2. What does Rodriguez say about how the people around him now say his name?

3. Once the family has shifted to speaking English, how does Rodriguez feel when he hears families speaking Spanish?

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

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

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