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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element does Xiomara NOT name as something she would miss desperately if she were to leave?
(a) Aman.
(b) Caridad.
(c) Xavier.
(d) English class.

2. Xavier comes home with what visible evidence of a beating?
(a) A busted lip.
(b) A broken nose.
(c) A chipped tooth.
(d) A black eye.

3. Xiomara's lunchtime serenity is shattered when a group of what type of people begins to harass her table's occupants?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Jocks.
(c) Girls.
(d) Boys.

4. What is the final word of the poem entitled, "Music" (141)?
(a) Heartbeats.
(b) Sun.
(c) Music.
(d) Daily.

5. Xiomara can tell when Mamai is really angry when her Spanish becomes what?
(a) Slower than usual.
(b) Faster than usual.
(c) A meringue.
(d) Staccato.

6. In what location does Chris hand out flyers for the citywide poetry slam?
(a) In Ms. Galiano's English class.
(b) In the student parking lot.
(c) In the student store.
(d) In the cafeteria.

7. Which person is named among Xiomara's list of people to whom she and Xavier talk?
(a) Caridad.
(b) Papi.
(c) Mami.
(d) Chris.

8. Which poetry club member is from The Bronx?
(a) May.
(b) Chris.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Stephan.

9. Whose "old romantic rap videos" (212) does Aman send to Xiomara when she feels down?
(a) Jodeci.
(b) Q-Tip.
(c) Tupac Shakur.
(d) Ja Rule.

10. Father Sean states that he had "wanted to be" (152) what throughout most of his life?
(a) A boxer.
(b) A priest.
(c) A healer.
(d) A hero.

11. When Xiomara gasps out that she needs some air at the Halloween party, with whom is she dancing?
(a) Aman.
(b) Cody.
(c) Papi.
(d) Xavier.

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

13. What kind of day does it turn into for X after she sees the evidence of Xavier's beating?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Wasted.
(c) Silent.
(d) Angry.

14. Xiomara says that her parents had grown up tending what animals?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Roosters.
(d) Goats.

15. Xiomara and Xavier "talk to" (137) how many other people besides one another?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Caridad accuses Xiomara of ignoring her for what length of time?

3. Mami says that she had been on a journey toward what when she had instead married Papi?

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

5. About what historical figure are Aman and Xiomara learning when the fire alarm goes off?

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