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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason had the whole neighborhood feared a certain outcome upon the announcement of Mami's pregnancy?
(a) The timing of the estimated due date.
(b) Mami's and Papi's advanced ages.
(c) Papi's advanced age.
(d) Mami's hereditary propensity for having triplets.

2. For how many years has Mami been wanting X to take the sacrament of confirmation?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What kind of work does Xiomara's mother do in New York City?
(a) Administrative work.
(b) Food service work.
(c) Hospitality work.
(d) Janitorial work.

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

5. What behavior of Xiomara's does Caridad often correct?
(a) Her cursing.
(b) Her blasphemous statements.
(c) Her lying.
(d) Her incorrect use of grammar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Xiomara says that what item has always taken "up more room than" (5) her voice?

2. Mami says that the nuns and priests at her Catholic school had known "how to elicit true" (17) what?

3. In what borough of New York City does Mami work?

4. What language is featured within the poem "Stoop-Sitting" (3) in addition to English?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the irony present in the scene when Mami returns home to find Xavier crying and blames Xiomara.

2. Describe Xiomara's reaction to the video shown by Ms. Galiano in English class.

3. What does Mami see as the main shortcoming of parenting in the United States?

4. What does Xiomara mean when she states that Xavier is a bad Dominican?

5. What is depicted in the video Ms. Galiano shows to Xiomara's English class?

6. In what way does the poem entitled "Mami Works" (11) portray Xiomara and Mami as character foils?

7. What question is posed in the sticky note Ms. Galiano attaches to Xiomara's Assignment 1?

8. In what way is writing depicted as a therapeutic activity within Part I of the novel?

9. By what name does Xiomara always call Xavier and why?

10. What happens every Friday at Xiomara's school that allows her a bit of freedom with Aman?

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