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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Complexion, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez say would be the disadvantage of bilingual education?
(a) It would make it easier to cheat on tests.
(b) It would make him lazy about learning English.
(c) It would limit the things he could study in school.
(d) It would mean he was only in class with other people who spoke Spanish.

2. Why do Rodriguez's teachers visit his house?
(a) To ask his parents to volunteer at the school.
(b) To talk about his bad behavior.
(c) To meet his parents.
(d) To ask the family to practice speaking English.

3. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?
(a) The children start disobeying their parents.
(b) The family grows closer together.
(c) The parents depend on the children to do the talking in public.
(d) The family loses some of its closeness.

4. Rodriguez has acknowledged that his relationship with his family changed as he became more educated. What does he say about how that affected his success?
(a) He does not complain about the change because he is so glad to be well-educated.
(b) He used it to explain to people what his life was like before he was educated.
(c) He used it to motivate him to try harder.
(d) He used it as an excuse to not work very hard.

5. What does Rodriguez do in Aria, Chapter 2, that gives him the confidence to speak up in class?
(a) Getting extra help from the teacher.
(b) Learning English from listening to the radio.
(c) Studying with a classmate.
(d) Practicing English with his family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?

3. How does the family's communication change as the children learn more English?

4. What religious figure was very important in his parents' old church, but becomes less important in the new church?

5. Once the family has shifted to speaking English, how does Rodriguez feel when he hears families speaking Spanish?

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