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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rodriguez feel about his religious education?
(a) It kept him closer to his parents.
(b) It isolated him.
(c) It changed his life.
(d) It helped him become successful.

2. How does a newspaper affect Rodriguez's reading habits?
(a) An article describes 100 important books and he decides to read all of them.
(b) An article explains why reading books can help you do well on tests, so he reads even more books.
(c) He decides to read the newspaper instead of books.
(d) He decides to read all the book on the bestseller list.

3. What does Rodriguez mean by "intimate utterance"?
(a) It is easier to be intimate in Spanish than in English.
(b) Intimate words should not be spoken in public.
(c) Some words are more intimate than others.
(d) Words take their meaning from the relationship between the speakers.

4. What was Rodriguez like as a student?
(a) A bookworm who admired his teachers.
(b) A slow learner who worked very hard.
(c) A troublemaker who was bored in class.
(d) The kind of student to whom everything came easily.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rodriguez say about bilingual education and the language of "separateness"?

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

4. How does Rodriguez describe his life as a child?

5. Is Rodriguez's education affected by his religion? If so, how?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the parents' desire for a good education end up hurting their family?

2. What does Rodriguez identify as the pros and cons of bilingual education?

3. Why is Rodriguez writing this book? Identify two reasons.

4. What does Rodriguez say about his experience of growing up Catholic?

5. How does Rodriguez view his parents' use of English?

6. What is special or different about the school Rodriguez attends? How does that affect him later in life?

7. Rodriguez is trained in Catholic ideas and rituals at a young age. What does this do to his understanding of other religious beliefs and practices?

8. How does Rodriguez describe each language (Spanish and English) differently?

9. How does learning to speak English change Rodriguez's mother? His father?

10. Once Rodriguez starts to read, what happens?

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