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Part I: In the Beginning Was the Word

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

2. In what month does the novel The Poet X begin?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) October.
(d) December.

3. In what area of New York City does Xiomara live?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Queens.

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

5. What language is featured within the poem "Stoop-Sitting" (3) in addition to English?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) Visually-displayed American Sign Language.

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

7. Xiomara writes that certain boys in middle school had called her what name?
(a) Cow.
(b) Frizzy.
(c) Whale.
(d) Chica.

8. The boys who used to call Xiomara names now ask her for pictures of herself wearing what item?
(a) A swimsuit.
(b) A thong.
(c) A bikini.
(d) A negligee.

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