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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. Xiomara states that boys have wanted to kiss her ever since she turned what age?

2. How many months away is the citywide slam when Chris hands out flyers about it?

3. Aman sends Xiomara lyrics by what music artist?

4. What does Xiomara discover on her returned Assignment 4 instead of the grade she had been expecting?

5. Xiomara overhears Mami making plans to send Xiomara to the Dominican Republic for what length of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide a brief description of each member of the poetry club and state what goes on there.

2. How does Xiomara comfort Xavier during his emotional breakdown?

3. To what location does Xiomara take the train in an effort to catch Xavier off guard?

4. How does Acevedo slowly introduce the elements of performance poetry into the narrative?

5. How is the power of communication depicted in Xiomara's rough draft of Assignment 4?

6. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Xiomara's fight with Mami about Aman?

7. What writing prompt leads Xiomara to write about the feeling of being heard?

8. Discuss the humanist messages present within the short poem entitled "Wants" (146).

9. What event causes Xiomara to break up with Aman?

10. What is the cause of Xavier's emotional breakdown within the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons why Acevedo uses both the first person point-of-view and the structure of a verse novel to tell Xiomara’s story in the The Poet X. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Acevedo's intended effect on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of religion and control function within the novel and what is Acevedo's message regarding these themes?

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