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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 does Xiomara feel grateful that New York City has so many people?
(a) So she can make her tiny mark.
(b) So she has hope of finding The One.
(c) So she has hope of finding a friend.
(d) So they can hide her.

2. In what month does the novel The Poet X begin?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) December.
(d) October.

3. What kind of work does Xiomara's mother do in New York City?
(a) Administrative work.
(b) Hospitality work.
(c) Food service 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) An auspicious name.
(c) A Dominican name.
(d) The name of a saint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Xiomara writes that certain boys in middle school had called her what name?

2. Xiomara most wants to be remembered as "always working to become the" what "she wanted to be" (126)?

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

4. At what "scarred" (17) part or parts of Mami's body does Xiomara look during their conversation about the Dominican Republic?

5. What type of collection of Xavier's has Xiomara retrieved from bullies many times?

Short Essay Questions

1. What future goals does Xiomara have her herself and how do you know?

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

3. Discuss evidence that points to the conclusion that Xiomara is becoming more practiced at deception.

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

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

6. What simile does Xiomara use in order to describe the arrival of October?

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

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

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

10. What types of men does Xiomara indicate that she will avoid in her romantic future?

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