• Why does Rodriguez begin with a reference to Caliban? Who is Caliban?
• Why does Rodriguez's editor tell him to elaborate more on the grandmother? Where have we seen this theme before?
• How does Hunger of Memory relate to what you learned in The Florentine Codex?
• What does the term “pocho” mean?
• Why are some Latinos angered by Rodriguez’s views on bilingual education?
• Why does  Rodriguez criticize affirmative action?
• Explain what Rodriguez means when he says he was a  “scholarship boy."
• Why does Rodriguez leave the world of academe? How far had he gone?
• Discuss the relationship between the public, the private, and the family.

In addition to these questions, I may ask a question about the documentary with Bill Moyers, about the lectures, or about the presentations.