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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. For what reason does Xiomara feel grateful that New York City has so many people?
(a) So she has hope of finding The One.
(b) So they can hide her.
(c) So she can make her tiny mark.
(d) So she has hope of finding a friend.

2. In what month does the novel The Poet X begin?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) December.
(d) October.

3. What religion do Xiomara's parents practice?
(a) Lutheranism.
(b) Scientology.
(c) Santeria.
(d) Catholicism.

4. What is NOT a sound Xiomara mentions in her list of sounds competing with each other in her neighborhood?
(a) Basketballs bouncing.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Taxis honking.
(d) Children laughing.

5. Mami says that the nuns and priests at her Catholic school had known "how to elicit true" (17) what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Submission.
(c) Strength.
(d) Piety.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe her "friendship" (95) with Aman?

3. Part II is entitled "And the Word Made" (93) what?

4. On what day of each week are the students at Xiomara's school always released early for a half-day?

5. What does the Spanish phrase "Pero, tu no eres facil" (9) mean in English?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What types of men does Xiomara indicate that she will avoid in her romantic future?

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

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

10. What does Xiomara state is the most important goal she has for her future?

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