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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness, Pages 221-274.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what activity is Xiomara engaging when her mother spots her on the train?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Sitting on Aman's lap.
(c) Cursing.
(d) Hugging.

2. What adjective does Xiomara often use to characterize Xavier's school?
(a) Prison.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Genius.
(d) Boys-only.

3. Xiomara's lunchtime serenity is shattered when a group of what type of people begins to harass her table's occupants?
(a) Girls.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Boys.
(d) Jocks.

4. What object does Xiomara use as a metaphor to express the loneliness she feels at the thought of being sent to the Dominican Republic?
(a) A sponge.
(b) A ship.
(c) A globe.
(d) A bicycle.

5. In what area of New York City does Xiomara wish to live down the street from Xavier after she settles down?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Harlem.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Xiomara and Xavier "talk to" (137) how many other people besides one another?

2. Aman's absence falls on what day of the week?

3. In what form does Xiomara compose the rough drafts of her biography for English class?

4. The poem "Can't Tell Me Nothing" ends with the line, "At least there's" (254) what?

5. Who runs the poetry club at Xiomara's school?

(see the answer key)

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