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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 reports that she allows what object or objects to "talk for" (5) her?
(a) Her knuckles.
(b) Her poetry.
(c) Her glare.
(d) Her style.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Xiomara says that what objects of Mami's show the way in which Mami had been "taught faith" (17)?

4. What religion do Xiomara's parents practice?

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

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