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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. Caridad tells Xiomara to refrain from what activity while attending the Halloween party?
(a) Renouncing her faith.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Getting pregnant.
(d) Drinking.

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

3. In the poem "In Translation" (234), Xiomara describes Mami's lips as what objects?
(a) Fish.
(b) Staples.
(c) Ropes.
(d) Pillows.

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

5. In what way does Xavier communicate with Xiomara when she arrives at his school unexpectedly?
(a) He smiles at her.
(b) He yells at her.
(c) He glares at her.
(d) He speaks into her ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location does Xiomara describe as "a place of freedom" (247)?

2. Father Sean tells Xiomara that sometimes he misses what element of his past?

3. What is the name of Xavier's boyfriend?

4. Part III is entitled "The Voice of One" (221) taking what action?

5. About what historical figure are Aman and Xiomara learning when the fire alarm goes off?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What event causes Xiomara to wonder about the qualities of silence and its possible destructive nature?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Cody?

10. What rare emotion does Xiomara say she experiences upon receiving a compliment from Ms. Galiano?

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