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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. To whose Halloween party does Aman invite Xiomara?
(a) Dylan's.
(b) Steve's.
(c) Carl's.
(d) Reuben's.

2. Who provides verbal encouragement to Xiomara as she is about to share her work at poetry club?
(a) Chris.
(b) May.
(c) Stephan.
(d) Isabelle.

3. 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.

4. What is distinctive about the poem entitled "A Poem Mami Will Never Read" (233)?
(a) The poem rhymes.
(b) The poem is half in Spanish and half in English.
(c) The entire poem is in Spanish.
(d) The poem creates the shape of a question mark.

5. What is NOT a quality of the young man who emerges from school alongside Xavier?
(a) He has long white fingers.
(b) He is tall.
(c) He has red hair.
(d) He has blonde hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the citywide poetry slam?

2. Which poetry club member is from The Bronx?

3. What class are Xiomara and Aman attending when the fire alarm goes off?

4. Xiomara can tell when Mamai is really angry when her Spanish becomes what?

5. What object does Xiomara use as a metaphor to express the loneliness she feels at the thought of being sent to the Dominican Republic?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom is Xiomara talking when she thinks about people being told that their bodies cannot do certain things?

2. About what topic does Xiomara have hope, as discussed in her poem "Hope is a Thing with Wings" (263)?

3. What activity does Xiomara decide that she wants to share with Aman and why?

4. For what purpose does Xiomara use the metaphor of a balloon to describe her feelings when she sees Cody?

5. What writing prompt leads Xiomara to write about the feeling of being heard?

6. Discuss Xiomara's use of personification in the poem entitled "Silent World" (223).

7. What experience does Xiomara have with receiving compliments?

8. Provide a brief description of each member of the poetry club and state what goes on there.

9. Who is ultimately in charge of determining whether Xiomara's behavior is correct or not?

10. Who is Cody?

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