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

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

3. What is the date of the citywide poetry slam?
(a) February 19th.
(b) June 6th.
(c) February 8th.
(d) June 1st.

4. What fruit is Xiomara always unable to resist?
(a) Pears.
(b) Apples.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Plums.

5. Xiomara imagines that someday she will "create a nonprofit organization for" (127) whom?
(a) First-generation teenage girls.
(b) Migrant workers.
(c) Women affected by domestic violence.
(d) Teenage Catholic girls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the only thing for which Xiomara is thankful on Thanksgiving Day?

3. Xiomara can tell when Mamai is really angry when her Spanish becomes what?

4. What beverage does Father Sean offer Xiomara during their conversation?

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

(see the answer key)

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