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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. What is NOT an event that causes Xiomara's family to tell her, "Pero, tu no eres facil" (9)?
(a) Doing well on an exam.
(b) Getting an award.
(c) Coming home with scraped knuckles.
(d) Starting to date.

2. What is NOT an element of Xiomara's reunion with Mami?
(a) Mami telling Xiomara that she loves her.
(b) Mami's strong pat on Xiomara's back.
(c) A small moment of softness.
(d) Mami's hand running through Xiomara's hair.

3. On what day of the week does the novel The Poet X begin?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

4. What critical perspective does Xiomara use in confirmation class to openly critique the Bible's version of certain historical events?
(a) Deconstructionist.
(b) Marxist.
(c) Race theory.
(d) Feminist.

5. In what grade had Xiomara first become eligible to take the sacrament of confirmation?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Ninth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of smile appears on Xiomara's face when Xavier says that she looks different?

2. After Xiomara is caught committing an act her mother considers unacceptable, she tells Xiomara to read what part of the Bible "more closely" (225)?

3. For how many years has Mami been wanting X to take the sacrament of confirmation?

4. About which Biblical figure does Xiomara pointedly ask Father Sean during a confirmation class?

5. What term does Xiomara use to describe her father in the poem entitled "I Decided a Long Time Ago" (97)?

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