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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. When Mami had become pregnant, the whole neighborhood had feared what?
2. About which Biblical figure does Xiomara pointedly ask Father Sean during a confirmation class?
3. What do the Spanish words "Mira Muchacha" (6) mean in English?
4. What does Xiomara begin to do with her communion wafer after she acquiesces to Mami's demands to take communion, yet removes the wafer before getting back to her seat?
5. Xiomara says that she is the only member of her family without what item?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of men does Xiomara indicate that she will avoid in her romantic future?
2. What does Xiomara mean when she states that Xavier is a bad Dominican?
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. In what format is the novel The Poet X composed?
6. Discuss evidence that points to the conclusion that Xiomara is becoming more practiced at deception.
7. What future goals does Xiomara have her herself and how do you know?
8. What metaphor is used in "Catching Feelings" (105) to portray Xiomara's growing feelings of infatuation?
9. What does Mami see as the main shortcoming of parenting in the United States?
10. How is foreshadowing used within the poem "About a Twin" (103)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what way is the theme of family bonds included and portrayed within the novel The Poet X?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of Caridad’s character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Acevedo in depicting Caridad and include in your discussion the reasons that Acevedo portrays Caridad in these particular ways.
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