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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. Aman's absence falls on what day of the week?
2. The poem entitled "Music" (141) is about which person in Xiomara's life?
3. The poem entitled "Music" (141) ends with an invocation of which human sense?
4. Whose "old romantic rap videos" (212) does Aman send to Xiomara when she feels down?
5. How many months away is the citywide slam when Chris hands out flyers about it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the theme of deception appear within the relationship between Xiomara and Caridad?
2. For what purpose does Xiomara use the metaphor of a balloon to describe her feelings when she sees Cody?
3. What activity does Xiomara decide that she wants to share with Aman and why?
4. What writing prompt leads Xiomara to write about the feeling of being heard?
5. What is the cause of Xavier's emotional breakdown within the narrative?
6. What rare emotion does Xiomara say she experiences upon receiving a compliment from Ms. Galiano?
7. Who is Cody?
8. Provide a brief description of each member of the poetry club and state what goes on there.
9. How does Acevedo slowly introduce the elements of performance poetry into the narrative?
10. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Xiomara's fight with Mami about Aman?
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
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
In what way is the theme of family bonds included and portrayed within the novel The Poet X?
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