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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About which Biblical figure does Xiomara pointedly ask Father Sean during a confirmation class?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Delilah.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) Eve.

2. What is Father Sean's response to Xiomara's in-class query about a particular Biblical figure?
(a) He asks her to talk to him after class.
(b) He asks her to wait in his office.
(c) He calls her mother.
(d) He answers her question.

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

4. At what "scarred" (17) part or parts of Mami's body does Xiomara look during their conversation about the Dominican Republic?
(a) Her shoulders.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her knuckles.
(d) Her arms.

5. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe the Kendrick Lamar album when Aman asks for her impressions?
(a) Dope.
(b) Smart.
(c) Cool.
(d) Sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Xiomara reports that she allows what object or objects to "talk for" (5) her?

2. In what month does the novel The Poet X begin?

3. For what reason does Xiomara feel grateful that New York City has so many people?

4. What type of collection of Xavier's has Xiomara retrieved from bullies many times?

5. What is NOT a sound Xiomara mentions in her list of sounds competing with each other in her neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Xiomara mean when she states that Xavier is a bad Dominican?

2. Discuss the irony present in the scene when Mami returns home to find Xavier crying and blames Xiomara.

3. In what way is Xiomara's feeling of repression within the church linked to her feelings of repression as a Latina woman?

4. What future goals does Xiomara have her herself and how do you know?

5. Describe Xiomara's reaction to the video shown by Ms. Galiano in English class.

6. Discuss one element of performance that feels liberating to Xiomara and why.

7. What does Mami see as the main shortcoming of parenting in the United States?

8. How is foreshadowing used within the poem "About a Twin" (103)?

9. What comment of Father Sean's causes Xiomara to launch into a tirade about the Bible during confirmation class?

10. What metaphor is used in "Catching Feelings" (105) to portray Xiomara's growing feelings of infatuation?

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