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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what form does Xiomara compose the rough drafts of her biography for English class?
(a) As a collage.
(b) A poem.
(c) As a photo essay.
(d) As a letter.

2. What is Father Sean's response to Xiomara's in-class query about a particular Biblical figure?
(a) He asks her to talk to him after class.
(b) He calls her mother.
(c) He asks her to wait in his office.
(d) He answers her question.

3. Who runs the poetry club at Xiomara's school?
(a) Xiomara.
(b) Caridad.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Ms. Galiano.

4. What is NOT an adjective Xiomara uses while describing Xavier?
(a) Wiry.
(b) Small.
(c) Scrawny.
(d) Skinny.

5. Xiomara most wants to be remembered as "always working to become the" what "she wanted to be" (126)?
(a) Sister.
(b) Warrior.
(c) Friend.
(d) Daughter.

6. Father Sean tells Xiomara that "not every fight can be fought with" (125) what?
(a) Fists.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Words alone.
(d) Bombs.

7. What action does Xiomara say she would take if she had to ride the train home after a long day of hard work?
(a) She would fall asleep.
(b) She would just keep riding.
(c) She would dream.
(d) She would scream.

8. What is NOT a sound Xiomara mentions in her list of sounds competing with each other in her neighborhood?
(a) Taxis honking.
(b) Basketballs bouncing.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Children laughing.

9. If Xiomara does not take the sacrament of confirmation this year, then Mami says she will immediately have to go to what location?
(a) Barbados.
(b) To a convent.
(c) The Dominican Republic.
(d) The Congo.

10. Father Sean tells Xiomara that maybe she "should have a conversation with" (123) whom?
(a) Caridad.
(b) Papi.
(c) Xavier.
(d) Mami.

11. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe the Kendrick Lamar album when Aman asks for her impressions?
(a) Cool.
(b) Sick.
(c) Smart.
(d) Dope.

12. In what area of New York City does Xiomara live?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Harlem.
(d) The Bronx.

13. What does the Spanish phrase "Pero, tu no eres facil" (9) mean in English?
(a) You sure ain't a stupid one.
(b) You sure ain't a good one.
(c) You sure ain't an easy one.
(d) You sure ain't a shy one.

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

15. Xiomara says that what item has always taken "up more room than" (5) her voice?
(a) Her body.
(b) Her ego.
(c) Her attitude.
(d) Her religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what borough of New York City does Mami work?

2. According to Xiomara, her name is pronounced in what manner?

3. For what purpose do Xiomara and Aman initially exchange information?

4. How many children does Xiomara say that she will eventually have?

5. In what month does the novel The Poet X begin?

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