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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following neighborhoods is the first party of the summer noted to be?
(a) Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
(b) East Flatbush.
(c) Prospect Park South.
(d) Park Slope.

2. What is the name of the Santiagos’ tenant?
(a) Timon.
(b) Titus.
(c) Timur.
(d) Timothy.

3. With which of the following does Chapter Ten begin?
(a) Bennie’s corner of Brooklyn looked different every time Sierra passed through it.
(b) “Look, I really don’t normally talk about this stuff.”
(c) The next morning, Sierra crept into Lázaro’s room.
(d) Sweat rolled down the back of Sierra’s neck and stained the armpits of her gray T-shirt.

4. What are the first words Lázaro says in the novel?
(a) “No lo creo.”
(b) “Buenas noches.”
(c) “Lo siento.”
(d) “Te amo.”

5. Which of the following shows in the mural Robbie has painted at Club Kalfour?
(a) Gorgons.
(b) Sirens.
(c) Harpies.
(d) Mermaids.

6. Which of the following types of shrub is noted as present at the first party of the summer?
(a) Lilac.
(b) Azalea.
(c) Forsythia.
(d) Hydrangea.

7. Which of the following keyboard instruments does the band at Club Kalfour feature?
(a) Marimba.
(b) Piano.
(c) Vibraphone.
(d) Xylophone.

8. What kind of animals parade behind Old Drasco?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Rats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

9. In which of the following fields does Bennie report Wick had worked?
(a) Rural spirituality systems.
(b) Rural community dissolution.
(c) Urban spirituality systems.
(d) Urban community dissolution.

10. Which of the following does Izzy best in a rap battle?
(a) Pitkin.
(b) Tee.
(c) Robbie.
(d) Big Jerome..

11. Which of the following sobriquets is used for Robbie?
(a) Cartoon-Covered Canvas Man.
(b) Human Walking Stick.
(c) Beanpole Bob.
(d) Phone Pole Painter.

12. On which day of Sierra’s summer break does the novel begin?
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Third.
(d) First.

13. Which of the following sobriquets is used for Robbie?
(a) Beanpole McLankyman.
(b) Oddball McStuffyface.
(c) Hobby Lobby Robbie.
(d) Weirdo McPainting Dude.

14. Which of the following schools is the Santiagos’ tenant reported to attend?
(a) Long Island University.
(b) Pratt Institute.
(c) Medgar Evers College.
(d) Brooklyn College.

15. Which of the following is the title of a book Sierra sees in the Columbia University library?
(a) The Life and Times of a German Methodist Circuit Rider on the Frontier of Texas.
(b) Debating Uncle Remus: An Anthology of Essays and Stories about the Historic Southern Folktales.
(c) History of Buchanan County, Iowa, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches.
(d) The Establishment of Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur as the Standard Text of English-Language Arthurian Legend.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter Thirteen begin?

2. Chapter Seventeen begins with which of the following?

3. Which of the following percussion instruments does the band at Club Kalfour feature?

4. With which of the following does Chapter Fourteen begin?

5. About which of the following does Sierra confide her doubts to Bennie?

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