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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 a way that Xiomara likens performance poetry to being high on drugs or alcohol?
(a) Feeling bouts of emotion.
(b) Feeling unreal.
(c) Feeling off balance.
(d) Feeling giggly.

2. The poem on page 232 is entitled "My Heart is a" what?
(a) Bowl.
(b) Cup.
(c) Faucet.
(d) Hand.

3. 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 under her pew.
(b) Slide it between the pages of the church bulletin.
(c) Place it into Xavier's hand.
(d) Slide it between the pages of her Bible.

4. When Xiomara performs at the citywide poetry slam, she has already taken on what moniker?
(a) Big X.
(b) Shoshanna.
(c) Poet X.
(d) Mondo X.

5. Xiomara describes her Halloween costume as a "half-assed" (163) what?
(a) Nicki Minaj.
(b) Witch.
(c) Zombie.
(d) Superhero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Xavier calls Xavier "the worst" (98) what "in the world" (98)?

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

3. Which poetry club member is extremely quiet, according to Xiomara?

4. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe her "friendship" (95) with Aman?

5. What game is featured within the poem "Stoop-Sitting" (3)?

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