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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what manner did Xiomara arrive into the world?
(a) A water delivery.
(b) A Caesarean section.
(c) A vaginal delivery.
(d) A natural delivery.

3. The boys who used to call Xiomara names now ask her for pictures of herself wearing what item?
(a) A bikini.
(b) A swimsuit.
(c) A thong.
(d) A negligee.

4. Mami says that the nuns and priests at her Catholic school had known "how to elicit true" (17) what?
(a) Submission.
(b) Strength.
(c) Piety.
(d) Sorrow.

5. What adjective does Xiomara use to describe the Kendrick Lamar album when Aman asks for her impressions?
(a) Sick.
(b) Cool.
(c) Dope.
(d) Smart.

6. What is NOT an adjective Xiomara uses while describing Xavier?
(a) Wiry.
(b) Scrawny.
(c) Skinny.
(d) Small.

7. In what borough of New York City does Mami work?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Staten Island.

8. Mami says that when she had named Xiomara, she had presumed that the name had been what?
(a) The name of a saint.
(b) A Dominican name.
(c) A boy's name.
(d) An auspicious name.

9. Father Sean tells Xiomara that "not every fight can be fought with" (125) what?
(a) Words alone.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Fists.
(d) Bombs.

10. When Mami had become pregnant, the whole neighborhood had feared what?
(a) That the twins would bear resemblance to their biological father.
(b) That she would have triplets.
(c) That the twins would not bear a resemblance to Papi.
(d) That the baby would turn out to be a tumor instead.

11. If Xiomara does not take the sacrament of confirmation this year, then Mami says she will immediately have to go to what location?
(a) To a convent.
(b) The Congo.
(c) Barbados.
(d) The Dominican Republic.

12. On what day of each week are the students at Xiomara's school always released early for a half-day?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Fridays.

13. What English verb is associated with the Spanish word "oiste" (6)?
(a) Walk.
(b) Hear.
(c) Beg.
(d) Speak.

14. Xiomara says that what objects of Mami's show the way in which Mami had been "taught faith" (17)?
(a) Her rings.
(b) Her rosaries.
(c) Her scars.
(d) Her bruises.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what manner did Xavier arrive into the world?

2. In what form does Xiomara compose the rough drafts of her biography for English class?

3. On what day of the week does the novel The Poet X begin?

4. What kind of work does Xiomara's mother do in New York City?

5. Xavier calls Xavier "the worst" (98) what "in the world" (98)?

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