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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 describe himself now?
(a) A Latino activist.
(b) A famous author.
(c) An education expert.
(d) A middle-class American.

2. How does Rodriguez's mother change as the family starts to speak English more?
(a) She helps her children learn more English.
(b) She complains about using English.
(c) She gets upset and insists that they speak to her in Spanish.
(d) She learns more English and works hard to talk to her children.

3. How does Rodriguez feel when he observes the group of black teenagers on the bus?
(a) He wishes he could be their friend.
(b) He is scared because they look tough.
(c) He is irritated because they are noisy.
(d) He envies their close bond.

4. 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.

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. What does Rodriguez's family call him?

2. How does Rodriguez describe himself as a child?

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

4. What does religion do for his parents?

5. How well can Rodriguez speak English when he starts school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rodriguez suggest education does to the scholarship boy? Why does he say that?

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

3. Why does the Rodriguez family tease Richard? What do they call him?

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

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

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

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

8. Once Rodriguez starts to read, what happens?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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