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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: In the Beginning Was the Word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a sound Xiomara mentions in her list of sounds competing with each other in her neighborhood?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) Children laughing.
(c) Basketballs bouncing.
(d) Taxis honking.

2. In what manner did Xiomara arrive into the world?
(a) A Caesarean section.
(b) A vaginal delivery.
(c) A natural delivery.
(d) A water delivery.

3. For what former vice is Papi well-known in the family's neighborhood?
(a) Having a problem with alcohol.
(b) Having a gambling problem.
(c) Promiscuity.
(d) Smoking cigars.

4. In what grade had Xiomara first become eligible to take the sacrament of confirmation?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Tenth.

5. Xiomara says that she is the only member of her family without what item?
(a) A Biblical name.
(b) A Spanish name.
(c) A Dominican name.
(d) A passport.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years has Mami been wanting X to take the sacrament of confirmation?

2. Xiomara reports that she allows what object or objects to "talk for" (5) her?

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

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

5. According to Xiomara, her name is pronounced in what manner?

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