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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Rodriguez's father react to his educational accomplishments?
(a) He says college is a waste of time.
(b) He does not care if Richard does well in school.
(c) He throws away Richard's diploma.
(d) He teases him, but is still proud of him.

3. 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) She tells him Spanish is the best language.
(d) Translating her stories shows him how things get lost in translation.

4. When he graduates, where does Rodriguez live?
(a) With his parents.
(b) In his own apartment.
(c) With his girlfriend.
(d) With his brother.

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

6. Where does Rodriguez start school?
(a) In St. Paul, Minnesota.
(b) In Sacramento, California.
(c) In Miami, Florida.
(d) In New York City.

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

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

9. How well can Rodriguez speak English when he starts school?
(a) His English is very limited.
(b) He does not speak English at all.
(c) He speaks English pretty well.
(d) He is fluent in English and Spanish.

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

11. What is Rodriguez told about reading the Bible?
(a) Read it in the classroom with someone to guide him.
(b) Read it every day.
(c) Read it at mass on Sunday.
(d) Do not read it at all.

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

13. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?
(a) The children start disobeying their parents.
(b) The parents depend on the children to do the talking in public.
(c) The family grows closer together.
(d) The family loses some of its closeness.

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

15. In Aria, Chapter 3, why does Rodriguez's family tease him?
(a) Because he is bad at sports.
(b) Because they think he is ugly.
(c) Because he cannot speak Spanish very well.
(d) Because he reads too many books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez say he is writing this book?

2. How does Rodriguez feel about his religious education?

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

4. How is the "scholarship boy" described?

5. In The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 4, what is Rodriguez afraid to admit?

(see the answer keys)

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