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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Xiomara's first visit to poetry club, how many students are at the meeting, including Xiomara?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

2. The poem entitled "Music" (141) ends with an invocation of which human sense?
(a) Smell.
(b) Touch.
(c) Sight.
(d) Sound.

3. To whom must Xiomara lie in order to attend poetry club?
(a) Papi.
(b) Mami.
(c) Xavier.
(d) Father Sean.

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

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

6. Mami says that she had been on a journey toward what when she had instead married Papi?
(a) The convent.
(b) Hell.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Heaven.

7. Caridad tells Xiomara to refrain from what activity while attending the Halloween party?
(a) Getting pregnant.
(b) Renouncing her faith.
(c) Cursing.
(d) Drinking.

8. What method of transportation does Xiomara use in order to reach Xavier's school?
(a) Her mother's car.
(b) Train.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Moped.

9. How does Xiomara say she feels all day on Thanksgiving?
(a) Miserable.
(b) Out of breath.
(c) Hollow.
(d) Sick.

10. What is the final word of the poem entitled, "Music" (141)?
(a) Daily.
(b) Music.
(c) Sun.
(d) Heartbeats.

11. Who provides verbal encouragement to Xiomara as she is about to share her work at poetry club?
(a) Isabelle.
(b) Stephan.
(c) Chris.
(d) May.

12. To whose Halloween party does Aman invite Xiomara?
(a) Steve's.
(b) Dylan's.
(c) Carl's.
(d) Reuben's.

13. Father Sean states that he had "wanted to be" (152) what throughout most of his life?
(a) A hero.
(b) A healer.
(c) A priest.
(d) A boxer.

14. What is NOT a quality of the young man who emerges from school alongside Xavier?
(a) He has blonde hair.
(b) He has long white fingers.
(c) He has red hair.
(d) He is tall.

15. What is the date of the citywide poetry slam?
(a) June 6th.
(b) June 1st.
(c) February 8th.
(d) February 19th.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Xiomara is caught committing an act her mother considers unacceptable, she tells Xiomara to read what part of the Bible "more closely" (225)?

2. When Xiomara gasps out that she needs some air at the Halloween party, with whom is she dancing?

3. Xiomara confesses her worry that Xavier's homosexuality will make him a what?

4. In what way does Xavier communicate with Xiomara when she arrives at his school unexpectedly?

5. What kind of day does it turn into for X after she sees the evidence of Xavier's beating?

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