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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 does Rodriguez realize about language and intimacy?
(a) That language is how a person maintains their intimacy with other people.
(b) That he can express himself better in English than in Spanish.
(c) That intimacy is about the relationship between the people, not about what language they speak.
(d) That Spanish is always a more intimate language that English.

2. How does the scholarship boy use education?
(a) To change himself.
(b) To get a good job.
(c) To make friends.
(d) To make money.

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

4. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?
(a) A chance to go to college.
(b) A place in public society.
(c) More friends.
(d) Better grades.

5. What religious figure was very important in his parents' old church, but becomes less important in the new church?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) The priest.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rodriguez start school?

2. How does Rodriguez describe the sound of English?

3. In Aria, Chapter 3, why does Rodriguez's family tease him?

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

5. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why does Rodriguez say he spent so many years in the classroom?

4. How does Rodriguez feel about bilingual education?

5. What does Rodriguez say about how bilingual education affects the intersection of public and private languages?

6. How does Rodriguez feel about his education?

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

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

9. What conflicting messages does Rodriguez's father give him about getting an education?

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

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