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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. Xiomara reports that she allows what object or objects to "talk for" (5) her?
(a) Her style.
(b) Her knuckles.
(c) Her glare.
(d) Her poetry.

2. In what manner did Xavier arrive into the world?
(a) A natural delivery.
(b) A vaginal delivery.
(c) A water delivery.
(d) A Caesarean section.

3. Mami says that when she had named Xiomara, she had presumed that the name had been what?
(a) A boy's name.
(b) A Dominican name.
(c) The name of a saint.
(d) An auspicious name.

4. In what borough of New York City does Mami work?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Queens.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Xiomara says that what item has always taken "up more room than" (5) her voice?

2. Xiomara writes that certain boys in middle school had called her what name?

3. At what "scarred" (17) part or parts of Mami's body does Xiomara look during their conversation about the Dominican Republic?

4. What piece of information do Xiomara and Aman first exchange?

5. When Mami had become pregnant, the whole neighborhood had feared what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What simile does Xiomara use in order to describe the arrival of October?

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

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

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

9. What is the subject of the poem entitled "The Flyer" (67) and why does the flyer feel personalized for Xiomara?

10. What is Xavier's reaction when Xiomara asks him why he has been smiling so much lately?

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