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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. Father Sean tells Xiomara that "Catholicism invites" (123) what?

2. What is Father Sean's response to Xiomara's in-class query about a particular Biblical figure?

3. What piece of information do Xiomara and Aman first exchange?

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

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

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. In what way is writing depicted as a therapeutic activity within Part I of the novel?

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

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

6. Describe Xiomara's reaction to the video shown by Ms. Galiano in English class.

7. What future goals does Xiomara have her herself and how do you know?

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

10. What does Xiomara mean when she states that Xavier is a bad Dominican?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how and why Acevedo instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Poet X.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within The Poet X. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

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