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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tillie describe as the "best stroll" she worked as a prostitute in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?
(a) 12th and Broadway.
(b) Harlem.
(c) 49th and Lexington.
(d) Greenwich Village.

2. When the police helicopters begin to circle the walker in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change," the narrator says that "Together both helicopters sounded like" what?
(a) "Corpses rising from the dead."
(b) "Ligaments clicking."
(c) "Train tracks shuffling."
(d) "Beetles flying above."

3. Where did Adelita first get an apartment when she moved to New York?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) The Upper West Side.
(c) Queens.
(d) The Upper East Side.

4. Where did Gloria's mother work as an office cleaner when Gloria was a child?
(a) At a museum.
(b) At a high school.
(c) At a newspaper office.
(d) At a bank.

5. What are the names of Adelita's children?
(a) Sarah and James.
(b) Walter and Andrew.
(c) Marcia and Gloria.
(d) Eliana and Jacobo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are described in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts" as the "Two pillars of salt" that New York sees looking over its shoulder?

2. Why did Jaslyn purchase the photograph of the tightrope walker in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?

3. Where did Solomon Soderberg attend law school?

4. What word refers to a tightrope walker?

5. Where did Jaslyn purchase the photograph of the tightrope walker in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tillie Henderson describe her past and what led her to prostitution?

2. What sights and sounds are described in the conclusion of Book 2, Chapter 8: “The Ringing Grooves of Change”?

3. How is the walker’s moment of silence described in Book 2, Chapter 8: “The Ringing Grooves of Change”?

4. What impact has Corrigan’s death had on Adelita’s perceptions of their relationship in Book 3, Chapter 10: “Centavos”?

5. Who visits the prison in Book 2, Chapter 7: “This is the House That Horse Built”? Why?

6. What is the protagonist’s destination in Book 4, Chapter 12: “Roaring Seaward, And I Go”? Why is she going to this destination?

7. What does Adelita savor in the end of Book 3, Chapter 10: “Centavos”?

8. What trick involving birth dates is described in Book 2, Chapter 8: “The Ringing Grooves of Change”?

9. How does the protagonist of Book 3, Chapter 9: “Part of the Parts” perceive his job?

10. How is the protagonist’s meeting with Ciaran described in Book 4, Chapter 12: “Roaring Seaward, And I Go”?

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