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

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. Xiomara writes that certain boys in middle school had called her what name?
(a) Whale.
(b) Cow.
(c) Chica.
(d) Frizzy.

4. What do the Spanish words "Mira Muchacha" (6) mean in English?
(a) Look, girl.
(b) See here.
(c) No way.
(d) Please, girl.

5. Mami says that the nuns and priests at her Catholic school had known "how to elicit true" (17) what?
(a) Submission.
(b) Strength.
(c) Piety.
(d) Sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Spanish phrase "Pero, tu no eres facil" (9) mean in English?

2. What is NOT a sound Xiomara mentions in her list of sounds competing with each other in her neighborhood?

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

4. In what month does the novel The Poet X begin?

5. For what reason had the whole neighborhood feared a certain outcome upon the announcement of Mami's pregnancy?

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