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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Complexion, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodriguez think skin color says about financial status?
(a) Dark-skinned people are poor.
(b) Light-skinned people need to work less and get outside more.
(c) Light-skinned people are poor.
(d) Dark-skinned people are rich.

2. Where does Rodriguez start school?
(a) In St. Paul, Minnesota.
(b) In New York City.
(c) In Sacramento, California.
(d) In Miami, Florida.

3. What is Rodriguez told when he asks questions about the church?
(a) Do not ask questions; just memorize the right answers.
(b) God will answer all your questions.
(c) Only ask questions of the priests and nuns.
(d) Asking questions is a good thing to do.

4. As Rodriguez moves into college and graduate school, how does his relationship with his parents change?
(a) They start talking again.
(b) They have even less to say to each other.
(c) They argue a lot.
(d) They ask him a lot more questions about his studies.

5. How does a newspaper affect Rodriguez's reading habits?
(a) An article explains why reading books can help you do well on tests, so he reads even more books.
(b) An article describes 100 important books and he decides to read all of them.
(c) He decides to read the newspaper instead of books.
(d) He decides to read all the book on the bestseller list.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rodriguez realize about language and intimacy?

3. What does his mother think about his reading?

4. In The Achievement of Desire, Prologue, Rodriguez says that now that he is successful, people always ask him a certain question. What is it?

5. How does Rodriguez think the church treats his parents?

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