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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Rodriguez's family, how are men supposed to be?
2. When does Rodriguez think that minority students should get help?
3. What new academic field do these minority college students ask for?
4. What does Rodriguez's editor say about his idea for a book?
5. In Complexion, Chapter 3, what does Rodriguez realize about education?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rodriguez think about the current system of affirmative action? Give two examples he uses to support his argument.
2. How does Rodriguez describe his mother's interaction with the public world? Give specific examples.
3. Now that he is older, how do people respond to Rodriguez's skin color?
4. What kind of social life does Rodriguez have? Does he have lots of friends and girlfriends?
5. How does Rodriguez describe the change in the Catholic Church that happens as he grows up?
6. As a teacher, how does Rodriguez interact with these other minority students? Why does he act that way?
7. How does Rodriguez explain psychiatry to his mother? Does she understand? Why or why not? How does that discussion connect to his book and what he is willing to tell her about the book?
8. How does Rodriguez handle applying for teaching positions?
9. How do Rodriguez's ideas about dark skin change as he grows up? Give specific examples.
10. As a child, what does Rodriguez learn about dark skin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Rodriguez repeatedly describes his experience of moving from a small, sheltered, or narrow world to a larger, less protected, more broad-minded world as he grows up. As he grows up, his views change on:
1) Skin color
2) Religion
3) The importance of language as a way to develop intimacy
4) Books
Choose at least two of those. Identify what Rodriguez's original opinion or idea was, what he later starts to believe, and what events in his life led him to change his perspective.
Essay Topic 2
Part One: What does Rodriguez argue about bilingual education? Explain his argument thoroughly and give specific examples that he uses to support his argument.
Part Two: Do you agree with Rodriguez's arguments? Why or why not? Provide your own examples to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Rodriguez says that writing is difficult and writing about his family is very difficult. When he is younger, he makes up elaborate lies about his family. As an adult, he chooses to write this book about his family, which is intended to be a realistic portrayal of his relationship with them.
Part One: If writing is difficult and he does it anyway, what does that tell you about what he has to say?
Part Two: Why is writing about his family more difficult than other types of writing? Why did he lie about his family when he was younger? Is he telling the truth about them now? Why or why not?
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