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

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

3. What game is featured within the poem "Stoop-Sitting" (3)?
(a) Dominoes.
(b) Chess.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Backgammon.

4. On what day of the week does the novel The Poet X begin?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

5. What is NOT an event that causes Xiomara's family to tell her, "Pero, tu no eres facil" (9)?
(a) Coming home with scraped knuckles.
(b) Doing well on an exam.
(c) Starting to date.
(d) Getting an award.

Short Answer Questions

1. What behavior of Xiomara's does Caridad often correct?

2. Who is Caridad, in relation to Xiomara?

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

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

5. Mami says that when she had named Xiomara, she had presumed that the name had been what?

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