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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. On what day of the week is Xiomara's confirmation class?

2. Xiomara most wants to be remembered as "always working to become the" what "she wanted to be" (126)?

3. What scent does Xiomara sometimes detect on Aman's sweater?

4. What behavior of Xiomara's does Caridad often correct?

5. Who is Caridad, in relation to Xiomara?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens every Friday at Xiomara's school that allows her a bit of freedom with Aman?

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

5. What question is posed in the sticky note Ms. Galiano attaches to Xiomara's Assignment 1?

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

7. Discuss evidence that points to the conclusion that Xiomara is becoming more practiced at deception.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Acevedo’s message concerning the unique struggle undergone by young women caught between two cultures?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Acevedo's messages about guilt and responsibility within The Poet X. Focus especially on events such as the responsibility Xiomara feels concerning her duty to protect Xavier from a cruel and savage world.

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Acevedo in order to underscore character traits, novel themes, and even political stances on particular social issues. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Acevedo serve particular purposes within the narrative of The Poet X.

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