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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game is featured within the poem "Stoop-Sitting" (3)?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Chess.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Dominoes.

2. For how many years has Mami been wanting X to take the sacrament of confirmation?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What religion do Xiomara's parents practice?
(a) Lutheranism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Scientology.
(d) Santeria.

4. Xiomara reports that she allows what object or objects to "talk for" (5) her?
(a) Her glare.
(b) Her style.
(c) Her poetry.
(d) Her knuckles.

5. Whom does Xiomara name as the only male she will "ever love" (97)?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Papi.
(c) Aman.
(d) Xavier.

6. For what reason had the whole neighborhood feared a certain outcome upon the announcement of Mami's pregnancy?
(a) The timing of the estimated due date.
(b) Mami's and Papi's advanced ages.
(c) Mami's hereditary propensity for having triplets.
(d) Papi's advanced age.

7. When Mami had become pregnant, the whole neighborhood had feared what?
(a) That the twins would bear resemblance to their biological father.
(b) That she would have triplets.
(c) That the baby would turn out to be a tumor instead.
(d) That the twins would not bear a resemblance to Papi.

8. Xiomara says that she is the only member of her family without what item?
(a) A passport.
(b) A Biblical name.
(c) A Dominican name.
(d) A Spanish name.

9. For what former vice is Papi well-known in the family's neighborhood?
(a) Having a gambling problem.
(b) Smoking cigars.
(c) Promiscuity.
(d) Having a problem with alcohol.

10. What piece of information do Xiomara and Aman first exchange?
(a) Homeroom numbers.
(b) Phone numbers.
(c) Locker combinations.
(d) Addresses.

11. In what manner did Xavier arrive into the world?
(a) A natural delivery.
(b) A Caesarean section.
(c) A vaginal delivery.
(d) A water delivery.

12. Xiomara says that Xavier has no "twin" (100) what?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) ESP.
(c) Powers.
(d) Intuition.

13. What type of collection of Xavier's has Xiomara retrieved from bullies many times?
(a) Stamp.
(b) Anime.
(c) Coin.
(d) Manga.

14. In what form does Xiomara compose the final draft of her biography for English class?
(a) As a sonnet.
(b) As a letter.
(c) As a collage.
(d) As prose.

15. According to Xiomara, her name is pronounced in what manner?
(a) SEE-oh-mah-ruh.
(b) See-oh-MAH-ruh.
(c) See-OH-mah-RUH.
(d) See-oh-mah-RUH.

Short Answer Questions

1. Xiomara writes that certain boys in middle school had called her what name?

2. Aman and Xiomara listen to a full album together in the smoke park, who is the music artist?

3. What English verb is associated with the Spanish word "oiste" (6)?

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

5. What language is featured within the poem "Stoop-Sitting" (3) in addition to English?

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