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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Profession, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez say about bilingual education and the language of "separateness"?
(a) Bilingual education should reinforce the separation of the two languages.
(b) Other languages reinforce the idea that the students are separate from the larger society.
(c) Students will learn better if they feel they are separate from English-speaking students.
(d) Bilingual students feel separated from their education in an English-only classroom.

2. What is Rodriguez's complexion like?
(a) He has bad acne.
(b) He is light-skinned.
(c) He is dark-skinned.
(d) He looks like a white boy.

3. What has happened to Rodriguez's classmate who applied for the same type of teaching jobs?
(a) He gets one or two offers from out-of-state schools.
(b) He does not get any job offers.
(c) He gets lots of good job offers.
(d) He is told the schools will not hire a minority candidate.

4. Does Rodriguez believe that not speaking English well has consequences for his parents?
(a) Yes, he thinks they got cheated out of money because of it.
(b) Yes, because they could not talk to the doctor if they were sick.
(c) No, he says they did all right in spite of the language problems.
(d) No, because they always stayed in places where the other people spoke Spanish, too.

5. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?
(a) Reading will teach him complicated ideas.
(b) People who do not read cannot have complicated ideas.
(c) He needs to read 2,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(d) He needs to read 5,000 books to have a complicated idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Rodriguez takes the reading class, how does he feel about reading and books?

2. How does Rodriguez feel when he observes the group of black teenagers on the bus?

3. How does Rodriguez feel about his parents' English skills?

4. Where do Rodriguez's parents speak Spanish and where do they speak English?

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

(see the answer key)

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