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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. For what transgression does Xiomara break up with Aman?

2. To whose Halloween party does Aman invite Xiomara?

3. What is the date of the citywide poetry slam?

4. In what activity is Xiomara engaging when her mother spots her on the train?

5. Which person is named among Xiomara's list of people to whom she and Xavier talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rare emotion does Xiomara say she experiences upon receiving a compliment from Ms. Galiano?

2. Discuss Xiomara's use of personification in the poem entitled "Silent World" (223).

3. Who is Cody?

4. How is the power of communication depicted in Xiomara's rough draft of Assignment 4?

5. About what topic does Xiomara have hope, as discussed in her poem "Hope is a Thing with Wings" (263)?

6. What experience does Xiomara have with receiving compliments?

7. How does the theme of deception appear within the relationship between Xiomara and Caridad?

8. To what location does Xiomara take the train in an effort to catch Xavier off guard?

9. What activity does Xiomara decide that she wants to share with Aman and why?

10. Provide a brief description of each member of the poetry club and state what goes on there.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reasons why Acevedo uses both the first person point-of-view and the structure of a verse novel to tell Xiomara’s story in the The Poet X. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Acevedo's intended effect on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Poet X and analyze Acevedo's purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Acevedo in order to underscore character traits, novel themes, and even political stances on particular social issues. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Acevedo serve particular purposes within the narrative of The Poet X.

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