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

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

3. How does a newspaper affect Rodriguez's reading habits?
(a) He decides to read the newspaper instead of books.
(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 all the book on the bestseller list.
(d) An article describes 100 important books and he decides to read all of them.

4. How does Rodriguez think the church treats his parents?
(a) It does not pay attention to them.
(b) It makes a fuss over them.
(c) It insults them.
(d) It respects them as people.

5. How does the family's use of the word "gringo" change as the children learn more English?
(a) The children do not like their parents to use that word any more.
(b) They stop saying it because they no longer use Spanish words.
(c) It starts to mean "a non-Hispanic American" as opposed to the "other" or "outsider" that it used to imply.
(d) They use it to compliment each other on how well they speak English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Rodriguez's family practice?

2. What do fellow students think of the scholarship boy?

3. What does his mother think about his reading?

4. In The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 4, how does Rodriguez describe his relationship with his parents?

5. What is Rodriguez taught about marrying someone of a different religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Rodriguez's initial attitude about reading? What happens to him because of that attitude? What do his parents think about reading?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Beyond the simple accomplishment of learning another language, what importance does Rodriguez place on learning English?

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

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