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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. About which Biblical figure does Xiomara pointedly ask Father Sean during a confirmation class?

2. Whom does Xiomara name as the only male she will "ever love" (97)?

3. Mami says that when she had named Xiomara, she had presumed that the name had been what?

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

5. Xiomara states that she is "thick" (5) and that the same is true of what other item?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Xavier's reaction when Xiomara asks him why he has been smiling so much lately?

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

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

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

7. In what way does the poem entitled "Mami Works" (11) portray Xiomara and Mami as character foils?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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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