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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. How old was Tillie when she first began prostituting herself?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

2. Where does Pino say he's just moved in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Brooklyn.

3. Where did Jaslyn attend college?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Rutgers University.

4. Where does Solomon go to eat lunch in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) The St. Regent Hotel.
(b) Jack's.
(c) Harry's.
(d) The Waldorf Hotel.

5. 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) "Train tracks shuffling."
(b) "Corpses rising from the dead."
(c) "Beetles flying above."
(d) "Ligaments clicking."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man that said he was grooming Tillie when she was thirteen?

2. Where does Jaslyn check into a hotel while in New York in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?

3. What professionals fill the restaurant that Solomon regularly lunches at in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?

4. In what borough of New York does Adelita live?

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 are the sights and sounds described during the walker’s World Trade Center stunt in Book 2, Chapter 8: “The Ringing Grooves of Change”?

2. How are Adelita’s first impressions of Corrigan described in Book 3, Chapter 10: “Centavos”?

3. Who is the protagonist of Book 3, Chapter 11: “All Hail and Hallelujah”? Where was this character first introduced?

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

5. How would you describe the relationship between Tillie and Jazzlyn Henderson?

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

7. What is revealed of the tightrope walker’s fate in Book 3, Chapter 11: “All Hail and Hallelujah”?

8. Who is the protagonist of Book 3, Chapter 9: “Part of the Parts”? Where was this character previously introduced?

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

10. Whom does the protagonist meet on the airplane in Book 4, Chapter 12: “Roaring Seaward, And I Go”? How is this character described?

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