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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Achievement of Desire, Chapter 1.

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 limit the things he could study in school.
(c) It would mean he was only in class with other people who spoke Spanish.
(d) It would make him lazy about learning English.

2. What does Rodriguez say he gains because of learning to speak English?
(a) A place in public society.
(b) More friends.
(c) Better grades.
(d) A chance to go to college.

3. Rodriguez describes events that happened how many years ago?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.

4. What does Rodriguez say about how the people around him now say his name?
(a) They pronounce it differently than his Spanish-speaking family.
(b) They mispronounce it.
(c) They say his name just like everyone else's name.
(d) They say it as if they are impressed to know him.

5. Where does Rodriguez believe English should be spoken?
(a) In private, with family or close friends.
(b) In the classroom.
(c) Everywhere.
(d) In public.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodriguez's family call him?

2. As Rodriguez and his siblings learn more English, what happens to their family?

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

4. How is the "scholarship boy" described?

5. How does Rodriguez's father change as the family starts to speak English more?

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