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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who polices what Rodriguez consumes when she is growing up?
(a) Her sister.
(b) No one.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her parents.

2. What does Rodriguez understand about having light skin starting at a young age?
(a) She learns nothing about having light skin.
(b) It is cool.
(c) It is the ideal beauty standard.
(d) It is not valued.

3. How does Rodriguez identify?
(a) She identifies as Brown.
(b) She identifies as Black.
(c) She identifies as POC.
(d) She identifies as white.

4. What is Rodriguez's mother always nagging her about?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Wearing sunblock.
(c) Wearing makeup.
(d) Wearing a jacket.

5. What does Rodriguez save up to buy in high school?
(a) Heels.
(b) A designer wallet.
(c) Colored contacts.
(d) A car.

6. Where does most of Rodriguez's family currently reside?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Maine.
(c) California.
(d) Nicaragua.

7. Who discourages Rodriguez from taking advanced classes?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her counselor.
(c) No one.
(d) Her father.

8. Why does Rodriguez feel out of place during grad school?
(a) She does not feel left out.
(b) She is in the minority.
(c) She has no friends.
(d) She gets bad grades.

9. What does Rodriguez do when she listens to the radio when she is in middle school?
(a) Write down the lyrics.
(b) Sing.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Practice guitar.

10. How does Rodriguez signal respectability?
(a) With her living situation.
(b) With her behavior.
(c) With her language.
(d) With how she presents herself physically.

11. What book did Rodriguez discover in high school?
(a) A Langston Hughes book.
(b) A Harry Potter book.
(c) A Jane Eyre book.
(d) A Jane Austen book.

12. What program does Rodriguez enter for graduate study?
(a) Business.
(b) Film.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Economics.

13. Why does Rodriguez's mother want her to stay out of the sun?
(a) For religious reasons.
(b) She does not want her to stay out of the sun.
(c) To keep from getting skin cancer.
(d) To keep from getting too dark.

14. Who talks about Rodriguez behind her back when she is in grad school?
(a) No one.
(b) Other Latinas.
(c) Her friends.
(d) White people.

15. What does Rodriguez become when she speaks Spanish?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) A different person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rodriguez write for today?

2. Why is Rodriguez scared to go home after grad school?

3. What genre is this text?

4. Who is the first person in Rodriguez's family to go to therapy?

5. What does Rodriguez feel pressured to be?

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