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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The poem entitled "Music" (141) is dedicated to whom?
(a) C.
(b) X.
(c) A.
(d) P.

3. Who provides verbal encouragement to Xiomara as she is about to share her work at poetry club?
(a) May.
(b) Chris.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Stephan.

4. Father Sean tells Xiomara that sometimes he misses what element of his past?
(a) His neighborhood.
(b) His family.
(c) His island.
(d) His children.

5. Xiomara overhears Mami making plans to send Xiomara to the Dominican Republic for what length of time?
(a) For college.
(b) For the summer.
(c) Until she is 18.
(d) For 1 year.

6. What fruit is Xiomara always unable to resist?
(a) Plums.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Pears.
(d) Apples.

7. In what activity is Xiomara engaging when she is caught by Mami on the train?
(a) Swearing.
(b) Sitting on Aman's lap.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Hugging.

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

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

10. To what area of New York City does Xiomara travel when she shows up unexpectedly at Xavier's school?
(a) Across the Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) Downtown.
(c) Uptown.
(d) Crosstown.

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

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

13. What is the date of the citywide poetry slam?
(a) June 6th.
(b) February 8th.
(c) February 19th.
(d) June 1st.

14. What is the name of Xavier's boyfriend?
(a) Gabriel.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Chris.
(d) Cody.

15. What is distinctive about the poem entitled "A Poem Mami Will Never Read" (233)?
(a) The poem creates the shape of a question mark.
(b) The poem is half in Spanish and half in English.
(c) The poem rhymes.
(d) The entire poem is in Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whose Halloween party does Aman invite Xiomara?

3. Which poetry club member is extremely quiet, according to Xiomara?

4. Xiomara's father says that God had shackled her to a man "addicted to" (231) what element?

5. Aman sends Xiomara lyrics by what music artist?

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