3. Xiomara overhears Mami making plans to send Xiomara to the Dominican Republic for what length of time?
(a) Until she is 18.
(b) For the summer.
(c) For 1 year.
(d) For college.

4. The poem entitled "Music" (141) is about which person in Xiomara's life?
(a) Papi.
(b) Xavier.
(c) Chris.
(d) Aman.

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

6. 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 bicycle.
(b) A sponge.
(c) A globe.
(d) A ship.

7. Xiomara's lunchtime serenity is shattered when a group of what type of people begins to harass her table's occupants?
(a) Boys.
(b) Jocks.
(c) Girls.
(d) Teachers.

8. Xiomara describes her Halloween costume as a "half-assed" (163) what?
(a) Superhero.
(b) Nicki Minaj.
(c) Witch.
(d) Zombie.

9. Xavier comes home with what visible evidence of a beating?
(a) A chipped tooth.
(b) A broken nose.
(c) A black eye.
(d) A busted lip.

10. In what activity is Xiomara engaging when her mother spots her on the train?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Hugging.
(d) Sitting on Aman's lap.

11. Xiomara says that her parents had grown up tending what animals?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Goats.
(c) Roosters.
(d) Rabbits.

12. What is the name of the young woman whom Xiomara eventually befriends in poetry club?
(a) Isabelle.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Ella.
(d) Jen.

13. What element does Xiomara NOT name as something she would miss desperately if she were to leave?
(a) Xavier.
(b) Caridad.
(c) Aman.
(d) English class.

14. Upon what type of food does Mami force Xiomara to kneel as punishment for her transgression on the train?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) Avocado pits.
(c) Uncooked rice.
(d) Peach pits.

15. Xiomara states that boys have wanted to kiss her ever since she turned what age?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

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. What adjective does Xiomara often use to characterize Xavier's school?

3. What plan do Xiomara and Xavier make for Halloween night?

4. The poem entitled "Music" (141) ends with an invocation of which human sense?

5. What is the final word of the poem entitled, "Music" (141)?

(see the answer keys)

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