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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 275-357.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Xiomara most wants to be remembered as "always working to become the" what "she wanted to be" (126)?
(a) Friend.
(b) Sister.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Warrior.

2. What does Xiomara begin to do with her communion wafer after she acquiesces to Mami's demands to take communion, yet removes the wafer before getting back to her seat?
(a) Slide it between the pages of the church bulletin.
(b) Slide it between the pages of her Bible.
(c) Place it into Xavier's hand.
(d) Slide it under her pew.

3. What element does Xiomara NOT name as something she would miss desperately if she were to leave?
(a) Caridad.
(b) English class.
(c) Aman.
(d) Xavier.

4. In what month does the novel The Poet X begin?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) October.

5. The poem "The Next Couple of Weeks" (112) describes the time as passing by like what?
(a) An express train.
(b) An oasis in the desert.
(c) Snowflakes past the window.
(d) A runaway truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of collection of Xavier's has Xiomara retrieved from bullies many times?

2. What critical perspective does Xiomara use in confirmation class to openly critique the Bible's version of certain historical events?

3. Xiomara states that poetry club has become, for her, the equivalent of what?

4. According to Xiomara, her name is pronounced in what manner?

5. Xiomara says that what item has always taken "up more room than" (5) her voice?

(see the answer key)

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