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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: And the World Was Made Flesh, Pages 93-136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Xiomara states that Xavier is always looking at what two objects so often that he barely knows she is there "at all" (100)?
(a) A video game or a magazine.
(b) A video game or a novel.
(c) A television screen or his phone.
(d) A comic book or a computer screen.

2. What does the Spanish phrase "Pero, tu no eres facil" (9) mean in English?
(a) You sure ain't a shy one.
(b) You sure ain't a good one.
(c) You sure ain't an easy one.
(d) You sure ain't a stupid one.

3. If Xiomara does not take the sacrament of confirmation this year, then Mami says she will immediately have to go to what location?
(a) To a convent.
(b) Barbados.
(c) The Congo.
(d) The Dominican Republic.

4. In what form does Xiomara compose the rough drafts of her biography for English class?
(a) As a letter.
(b) A poem.
(c) As a photo essay.
(d) As a collage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does Xiomara's mother do in New York City?

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

3. What critical perspective does Xiomara use in confirmation class to openly critique the Bible's version of certain historical events?

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

5. For what former vice is Papi well-known in the family's neighborhood?

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