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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 275-357.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Xiomara finds that her mother has given her jewelry for Christmas, what does she suspect it is?
(a) Her baby bracelet.
(b) Earrings.
(c) A rosary.
(d) A scapular.

2. What adjective does Xiomara often use to characterize Xavier's school?
(a) Genius.
(b) Boys-only.
(c) Prison.
(d) Paradise.

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

4. To whom must Xiomara lie in order to attend poetry club?
(a) Mami.
(b) Father Sean.
(c) Xavier.
(d) Papi.

5. The poem from September 20th is entitled "The Thing About" (87) what?
(a) Boys.
(b) Family.
(c) Hopes.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose do Xiomara and Aman initially exchange information?

2. When Mami had become pregnant, the whole neighborhood had feared what?

3. What is distinctive about the poem entitled "A Poem Mami Will Never Read" (233)?

4. On what day of each week are the students at Xiomara's school always released early for a half-day?

5. What is NOT a way that Xiomara likens performance poetry to being high on drugs or alcohol?

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