People
Places
Things
Poetic Devices in the book
Potpourri
100

I wanted to be a nun when I grew up, but instead I was forced to get married and move to the United States from the Dominican Republic

Who is Xiomara's mother?

100

Where Xiomara and Aman hang out outside of school on several different occasions.

What is the smoke park?

100

Xiomara's most prized possession

What is her journal? 

100

Identify the device. 

"I thought tenth grade would be different but I still feel like a lone shrimp in a stream where too many are searching for someone with a soft shell to peel apart and crush."

What is a simile? 

100

This is the item that Xiomara's mother destroys in part 3. 

What is her journal? 

200

I am Xiomara's best friend since we were babies.

Who is Caridad?

200

The class where Xiomara and Aman first meet.

What is biology? 

200

Xiomara's favorite snack

What is an apple? 

200

Identify the device.

"My brother was born a soft whistle: quiet, barely stirring the air... But I was born all the hurricane he needed."

What is metaphor? 

200
After running out of her apartment in part 3, Xiomara confides in this person the following day at school.

Who is Ms. Galiano? 

300

You could consider me Xiomara's first love.

Who is Aman?

300

Instead of going to confirmation class, Xiomara starts going here.

What is poetry club?

300

Aman's favorite winter sport

What is ice skating? 

300

Identify the device.

"It happens when I'm at bodegas. It happens when I'm at school. It happens when I'm on the train."

What is repetition or anaphora? 

300

She eats lunch in the photography room and wears vibrant outfits.

Who is Isabel? 

400

I attend a special genius school and skipped a grade.

Who is "twin" or Xavier? 

400

Where Xiomara goes after she runs away from her parents.

What is Aman's house?

400

What Xiomara must kneel on after she gets caught kissing Aman.

What is dried rice? 

400

Identify the device.

"Harlem is opening its eyes to September" 

What is personification? 

400

Before he became a priest, Father Sean did this.

What is boxed or fought?

500

Un hombre serio

Who is Papi/Xiomara's dad? 

500

Where Xiomara's mother allows her to go with Xavier and Caridad while she is still grounded.

What is open mic night? 

500

Xiomara's mother gives her this for Christmas.

What is her baby bracelet with the words "Mi Hija" engraved on it?

500

Identify the device.

"If Medusa was Dominican and had a daughter, I think I'd be her."

What is allusion? 

500

The person who asks Xiomara to dance at the party after her poetry slam performance.

Who is Papi?