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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. What term does Xiomara use to describe her father in the poem entitled "I Decided a Long Time Ago" (97)?
(a) Converted man-whore.
(b) Converted casanova.
(c) Recovering alcoholic.
(d) Adulterer.

2. What type of smile appears on Xiomara's face when Xavier says that she looks different?
(a) Coy.
(b) Puzzled.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Wary.

3. Aman and Xiomara listen to a full album together in the smoke park, who is the music artist?
(a) Nicki Minaj.
(b) Beyonce.
(c) Kendrick Lamar.
(d) The Mars Volta.

4. What is NOT a sound Xiomara mentions in her list of sounds competing with each other in her neighborhood?
(a) Children laughing.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Taxis honking.
(d) Basketballs bouncing.

5. In what borough of New York City does Mami work?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Staten Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade had Xiomara first become eligible to take the sacrament of confirmation?

2. In what form does Xiomara compose the final draft of her biography for English class?

3. The poem from September 20th is entitled "The Thing About" (87) what?

4. If Xiomara does not take the sacrament of confirmation this year, then Mami says she will immediately have to go to what location?

5. When Mami had become pregnant, the whole neighborhood had feared what?

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