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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness, Pages 221-274.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What location does Xiomara describe as "a place of freedom" (247)?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) The library.
(d) Her stoop.

2. Xavier calls Xavier "the worst" (98) what "in the world" (98)?
(a) Dominican.
(b) Boy.
(c) Brother.
(d) Liar.

3. Xiomara imagines that someday she will "create a nonprofit organization for" (127) whom?
(a) Teenage Catholic girls.
(b) First-generation teenage girls.
(c) Migrant workers.
(d) Women affected by domestic violence.

4. The poem entitled "Music" (141) ends with an invocation of which human sense?
(a) Smell.
(b) Sound.
(c) Sight.
(d) Touch.

5. How many months away is the citywide slam when Chris hands out flyers about it?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Father Sean originally comes from what country?

2. Xiomara describes her Halloween costume as a "half-assed" (163) what?

3. What adjective does Xiomara often use to characterize Xavier's school?

4. Xiomara complains that Xavier thinks that "people are inherently" (97) what?

5. Xiomara says that "hiding in her" (237) what is the only way she can keep from crying?

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