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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rodriguez told about reading the Bible?
(a) Read it at mass on Sunday.
(b) Do not read it at all.
(c) Read it in the classroom with someone to guide him.
(d) Read it every day.

2. 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.

3. How does Rodriguez's mother change as the family starts to speak English more?
(a) She complains about using English.
(b) She gets upset and insists that they speak to her in Spanish.
(c) She helps her children learn more English.
(d) She learns more English and works hard to talk to her children.

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

5. How does Rodriguez's grandmother affect his ideas on language?
(a) Translating her stories shows him how things get lost in translation.
(b) Her stubborn refusal to speak English shows him how people cling to old ideas.
(c) She tells him Spanish is the best language.
(d) Translating her stories helps him realize that intimacy is not connected to one language.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?

3. What is Rodriguez's initial response to bilingual education?

4. What does Rodriguez wonder about his parents and his education?

5. What does Rodriguez see as the value of a book?

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