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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an event that causes Xiomara's family to tell her, "Pero, tu no eres facil" (9)?

2. Xiomara states that Xavier is always looking at what two objects so often that he barely knows she is there "at all" (100)?

3. What type of smile appears on Xiomara's face when Xavier says that she looks different?

4. What type of collection of Xavier's has Xiomara retrieved from bullies many times?

5. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe the Kendrick Lamar album when Aman asks for her impressions?

Short Essay Questions

1. By what name does Xiomara always call Xavier and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss the irony present in the scene when Mami returns home to find Xavier crying and blames Xiomara.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close, yet somewhat tentative, relationship between Xiomara and Xavier. What is Acevedo's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between these two teenage siblings?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze The Poet X from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 3

Determine Acevedo's message regarding the idea that art must be shared with an audience in order to fulfill its true potential.

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