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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe her "friendship" (95) with Aman?
(a) Extra.
(b) Secret.
(c) Boring.
(d) Amazing.

3. On what day of the week do poetry club meetings occur?
(a) Thursdays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Wednesdays.

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

5. Mami says that the nuns and priests at her Catholic school had known "how to elicit true" (17) what?
(a) Piety.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Submission.
(d) Strength.

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

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

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

9. In what borough of New York City does Mami work?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Queens.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Brooklyn.

10. 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.

11. Xavier calls Xavier "the worst" (98) what "in the world" (98)?
(a) Boy.
(b) Brother.
(c) Liar.
(d) Dominican.

12. What type of smile appears on Xiomara's face when Xavier says that she looks different?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Puzzled.
(c) Wary.
(d) Coy.

13. The poem from September 20th is entitled "The Thing About" (87) what?
(a) Hopes.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Boys.
(d) Family.

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

15. Mami says that when she had named Xiomara, she had presumed that the name had been what?
(a) The name of a saint.
(b) An auspicious name.
(c) A Dominican name.
(d) A boy's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe the Kendrick Lamar album when Aman asks for her impressions?

2. For what former vice is Papi well-known in the family's neighborhood?

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. If Xiomara does not take the sacrament of confirmation this year, then Mami says she will immediately have to go to what location?

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

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