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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 says that her parents had grown up tending what animals?
(a) Roosters.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Goats.
(d) Sheep.

2. How many months away is the citywide slam when Chris hands out flyers about it?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. Xiomara begins to suspect that the person Xavier is constantly texting is probably not what?
(a) Dominican.
(b) In Xavier's grade.
(c) White.
(d) A girl.

4. The poem "Can't Tell Me Nothing" ends with the line, "At least there's" (254) what?
(a) Music.
(b) Summer.
(c) College.
(d) Poetry.

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?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A sponge.
(c) A globe.
(d) A ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Xiomara say she feels all day on Thanksgiving?

2. Aman's absence falls on what day of the week?

3. Caridad tells Xiomara to refrain from what activity while attending the Halloween party?

4. Xiomara describes her Halloween costume as a "half-assed" (163) what?

5. The poem on page 232 is entitled "My Heart is a" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of Xavier's emotional breakdown within the narrative?

2. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Xiomara's fight with Mami about Aman?

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

4. What is the cause of the marked change in the relationship between Xiomara and Mami?

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

6. How does the theme of deception appear within the relationship between Xiomara and Caridad?

7. What is on the list of prohibited behaviors Xiomara includes in the poem entitled "What I Don't Tell Aman" (148)?

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

9. How does Xavier keep his parents from finding out about Cody, though he has been crying about the break-up for days?

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

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