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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which poetry club member is extremely quiet, according to Xiomara?
(a) Chris.
(b) Isabelle.
(c) Ella.
(d) Stephan.

2. Xiomara confesses her worry that Xavier's homosexuality will make him a what?
(a) A target.
(b) A victim.
(c) A sinner.
(d) A scapegoat.

3. The poem "Can't Tell Me Nothing" ends with the line, "At least there's" (254) what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Music.
(c) Summer.
(d) College.

4. Xiomara and Xavier "talk to" (137) how many other people besides one another?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. Part III is entitled "The Voice of One" (221) taking what action?
(a) Wailing.
(b) Praying.
(c) Surviving.
(d) Crying.

6. Ms. Galiano welcomes everyone to poetry club and then asks each student to take what action?
(a) To stand up.
(b) To introduce themselves.
(c) To read an original poem.
(d) To talk about a bright moment in their day.

7. What object does Xiomara use as a metaphor to express the loneliness she feels at the thought of being sent to the Dominican Republic?
(a) A sponge.
(b) A ship.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A globe.

8. Father Sean tells Xiomara that sometimes he misses what element of his past?
(a) His neighborhood.
(b) His children.
(c) His island.
(d) His family.

9. The poem entitled "Music" (141) is dedicated to whom?
(a) A.
(b) X.
(c) C.
(d) P.

10. What class are Xiomara and Aman attending when the fire alarm goes off?
(a) English.
(b) Biology.
(c) Math.
(d) Social Studies.

11. For what transgression does Xiomara break up with Aman?
(a) He fails to defend her.
(b) He lies.
(c) He cheats.
(d) He becomes too clingy.

12. In what way does Xavier communicate with Xiomara when she arrives at his school unexpectedly?
(a) He yells at her.
(b) He speaks into her ear.
(c) He glares at her.
(d) He smiles at her.

13. After Xiomara is caught committing an act her mother considers unacceptable, she tells Xiomara to read what part of the Bible "more closely" (225)?
(a) Psalms 31.
(b) The story of Eve.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Proverbs 31.

14. Xiomara is expecting to earn what grade on Assignment 4 about freedom?
(a) A D.
(b) A zero.
(c) An A.
(d) An F.

15. About what historical figure are Aman and Xiomara learning when the fire alarm goes off?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Pythagoras.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "In Translation" (234), Xiomara describes Mami's lips as what objects?

2. What is NOT a quality of the young man who emerges from school alongside Xavier?

3. Caridad accuses Xiomara of ignoring her for what length of time?

4. Mami says that she had been on a journey toward what when she had instead married Papi?

5. Xiomara says that "hiding in her" (237) what is the only way she can keep from crying?

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