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Elizabeth Acevedo
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Poet X Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Elizabeth Acevedo
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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. Part II is entitled "And the Word Made" (93) what?
(a) Good.
(b) Sense.
(c) A mockery of the gods.
(d) Flesh.

2. The poem "The Next Couple of Weeks" (112) describes the time as passing by like what?
(a) An express train.
(b) Snowflakes past the window.
(c) A runaway truck.
(d) An oasis in the desert.

3. Xiomara says that what item has always taken "up more room than" (5) her voice?
(a) Her body.
(b) Her religion.
(c) Her ego.
(d) Her attitude.

4. What behavior of Xiomara's does Caridad often correct?
(a) Her cursing.
(b) Her lying.
(c) Her blasphemous statements.
(d) Her incorrect use of grammar.

5. What English verb is associated with the Spanish word "oiste" (6)?
(a) Hear.
(b) Beg.
(c) Speak.
(d) Walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Father Sean tells Xiomara that "not every fight can be fought with" (125) what?

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

3. About which Biblical figure does Xiomara pointedly ask Father Sean during a confirmation class?

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

5. Xiomara says that she is the only member of her family without what item?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what format is the novel The Poet X composed?

3. In what way does the poem entitled "Mami Works" (11) portray Xiomara and Mami as character foils?

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

5. By what name does Xiomara always call Xavier and why?

6. What is depicted in the video Ms. Galiano shows to Xiomara's English class?

7. Name three reasons that Xiomara decides, after the initial excitement has faded, not to respond to the flyer she sees at school.

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

9. What question is posed in the sticky note Ms. Galiano attaches to Xiomara's Assignment 1?

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

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