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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. For how many years has Mami been wanting X to take the sacrament of confirmation?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. What behavior of Xiomara's does Caridad often correct?
(a) Her incorrect use of grammar.
(b) Her lying.
(c) Her cursing.
(d) Her blasphemous statements.

3. The poem from September 20th is entitled "The Thing About" (87) what?
(a) Family.
(b) Boys.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Hopes.

4. Xiomara states that she is "thick" (5) and that the same is true of what other item?
(a) Her bucket list.
(b) Her suit of armor.
(c) Her skin.
(d) Her French toast.

5. When Mami had become pregnant, the whole neighborhood had feared what?
(a) That the twins would bear resemblance to their biological father.
(b) That she would have triplets.
(c) That the baby would turn out to be a tumor instead.
(d) That the twins would not bear a resemblance to Papi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what borough of New York City does Mami work?

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

4. In what area of New York City does Xiomara live?

5. Mami says that the nuns and priests at her Catholic school had known "how to elicit true" (17) what?

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