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

2. When Rodriguez hears about religious practices that are different from his own, what does he think of them?
(a) He likes them better than his own practices.
(b) He is shocked and thinks they are wrong.
(c) He is curious about them.
(d) He sees how similar they are to his own practices.

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

4. When does Rodriguez begin to question his religion?
(a) When he starts to read more books.
(b) When he is in college.
(c) After he graduates from school.
(d) When they tell him not to ask questions about religion.

5. Did Rodriguez's parents get the same amount of education that he did?
(a) Yes, but they went to school in Mexico so they do not speak English very well.
(b) No.
(c) No, and they did not want him to go to school so much, either.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez say education does to the scholarship boy?

2. How does Rodriguez describe the sound of English?

3. Where does Rodriguez believe English should be spoken?

4. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?

5. How does Rodriguez's grandmother affect his ideas on language?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rodriguez's family continues to speak to him in Spanish. What does that suggest about what they think about the value of Spanish?

2. 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?

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

4. Is Rodriguez prepared for his first day of school? Why or why not?

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

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

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

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

9. What do other people think of the "scholarship boy"?

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

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