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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 happens to Rodriguez as a result of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination?
(a) He is scared to pursue more education.
(b) He loses his scholarship to a black student.
(c) He becomes involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
(d) He gets more scholarships and opportunities.

2. How does Rodriguez say that the white students react to affirmative action?
(a) They complain about it.
(b) They are sympathetic to it.
(c) They protest against it.
(d) They blame him for it.

3. What does Rodriguez think skin color says about financial status?
(a) Light-skinned people are poor.
(b) Dark-skinned people are poor.
(c) Light-skinned people need to work less and get outside more.
(d) Dark-skinned people are rich.

4. How does Rodriguez think about the old religious traditions of his childhood?
(a) He thinks they are old-fashioned and silly.
(b) He misses the ritual.
(c) He is glad the traditions have changed.
(d) He thinks those traditions are only suitable for people like his parents.

5. When Rodriguez gets a summer job during college , what does it teach him about "real work"?
(a) It would take him more than three months to learn how to do it successfully.
(b) He likes real work better than academic work.
(c) Real work is much easier than academic work.
(d) He does not like real work.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he writes his book, how does Rodriguez support himself?

2. Where did Rodriguez teach in the 1960s and 1970s?

3. In Complexion, Chapter 3, what new hobby does Rodriguez take up?

4. Why do the new minority students on campus make Rodriguez uneasy?

5. What does Rodriguez think about his ability to succeed with women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of social life does Rodriguez have? Does he have lots of friends and girlfriends?

2. How does Rodriguez feel about white students' attitudes toward affirmative action?

3. Now that he is older, how do people respond to Rodriguez's skin color?

4. How does Rodriguez describe his mother's interaction with the public world? Give specific examples.

5. What are Rodriguez's parents' ideas about masculine and feminine characteristics? How does that affect Rodriguez?

6. As a child, what does Rodriguez learn about dark skin?

7. What conversation does Rodriguez have with a colleague about teaching positions? What decision does Rodriguez make as a result of that conversation?

8. How do people respond to Rodriguez's skin color when he is younger?

9. How does Rodriguez use the label "minority student"? How does he feel about it? Give specific reasons why he feels that way.

10. How do Rodriguez's ideas about religion change as he grows up? How does his practice of religion change?

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