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

2. What does Rodriguez say would be the disadvantage of bilingual education?
(a) It would mean he was only in class with other people who spoke Spanish.
(b) It would make it easier to cheat on tests.
(c) It would limit the things he could study in school.
(d) It would make him lazy about learning English.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Rodriguez's family practice?

2. How does the family's use of the word "gringo" change as the children learn more English?

3. How do Rodriguez's parents respond when he wants to go to Stanford?

4. When Rodriguez's mother becomes more fluent in English, she convinces her husband to buy _________. (fill in the blank)

5. How does the scholarship boy use education?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Rodriguez describe himself as a student?

3. Once Rodriguez starts to read, what happens?

4. How does Rodriguez feel as his education comes to an end?

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

6. Why does Rodriguez talk about how the rich people pronounce his name?

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

8. Does Rodriguez's family have the same level of education he does?

9. What does Rodriguez describe as the differences between Mexican Catholicism and English Catholicism? Identify two characteristics of each.

10. How does Rodriguez respond when people ask him how he was successful in school? Is his answer completely honest? Why or why not?

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