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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. What location does Xiomara describe as "a place of freedom" (247)?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) Her stoop.
(d) The library.

2. Xiomara states that Xavier is always looking at what two objects so often that he barely knows she is there "at all" (100)?
(a) A video game or a magazine.
(b) A video game or a novel.
(c) A television screen or his phone.
(d) A comic book or a computer screen.

3. To whom must Xiomara lie in order to attend poetry club?
(a) Xavier.
(b) Papi.
(c) Father Sean.
(d) Mami.

4. Father Sean originally comes from what country?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Australia.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Indonesia.

5. Who provides verbal encouragement to Xiomara as she is about to share her work at poetry club?
(a) May.
(b) Isabelle.
(c) Chris.
(d) Stephan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Xiomara imagines that someday she will "create a nonprofit organization for" (127) whom?

2. Xiomara says that she is the only member of her family without what item?

3. In the poem "In Translation" (234), Xiomara describes Mami's lips as what objects?

4. Caridad calls Xiomara's mother to ask if Xiomara can come over to perform what action?

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

(see the answer key)

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