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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aman and Xiomara listen to a full album together in the smoke park, who is the music artist?
(a) Kendrick Lamar.
(b) Beyonce.
(c) Nicki Minaj.
(d) The Mars Volta.

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

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

4. In what grade had Xiomara first become eligible to take the sacrament of confirmation?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Tenth.

5. In what month does Xiomara write the poem "The Next Couple of Weeks" (117)?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) December.

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

7. For what reason does Xiomara feel grateful that New York City has so many people?
(a) So she has hope of finding a friend.
(b) So she has hope of finding The One.
(c) So they can hide her.
(d) So she can make her tiny mark.

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

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) The Congo.
(b) Barbados.
(c) The Dominican Republic.
(d) To a convent.

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

11. Who is Caridad, in relation to Xiomara?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her niece.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her best friend.

12. 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.

13. How many children does Xiomara say that she will eventually have?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

15. Xiomara says that what objects of Mami's show the way in which Mami had been "taught faith" (17)?
(a) Her bruises.
(b) Her scars.
(c) Her rings.
(d) Her rosaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does Xiomara's mother do in New York City?

2. In what form does Xiomara compose the final draft of her biography for English class?

3. Xiomara states that Xavier is always looking at what two objects so often that he barely knows she is there "at all" (100)?

4. Mami says that when she had named Xiomara, she had presumed that the name had been what?

5. For how many years has Mami been wanting X to take the sacrament of confirmation?

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