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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter Twenty-seven begin?
(a) “Last stop,” the conductor’s voice garbled over the intercom.
(b) On a normal night at El Mar, a few chubby couples would swing around the dance floor.
(c) CULEBRA was scrawled in ridiculously large and colorful letters across the tinted windows of El Mar.
(d) Getting to the Q train didn’t take too long.

2. Chapter Nineteen begins with which of the following?
(a) “Okay,” Robbie said.
(b) Sierra swallowed a wave of panic.
(c) Many hands tugged at Sierra’s clothes.
(d) Underwater again.

3. With which color of chalk does Sierra first attempt shadowshaping with Robbie in Prospect Park?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

4. In which of the following countries does Tee note having been born?
(a) Trinidad and Tobago.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Martinique.
(d) Barbados.

5. What epithet does Rosa apply to Robbie?
(a) Morenito.
(b) Fool.
(c) Hoodlum.
(d) Negrito.

6. From what source does Sierra note Robbie acquires chalk?
(a) Bennie.
(b) Lázaro.
(c) Aldridge.
(d) Manny.

7. Which of the following shapes do the spirits take that accompany Sierra over the water off of Coney Island?
(a) Flickering flames.
(b) Leaping fish.
(c) Firebirds.
(d) Rain clouds.

8. On which floor of the building does Lázaro live?
(a) First.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

9. Chapter Thirty-five begins with which of the following?
(a) “This is it.”
(b) They made their way upward in silence.
(c) Neville’s Cadillac Seville screeched to a halt outside an old iron fence on a deserted street.
(d) It made some kind of creepy sense.

10. When does Sierra note having returned from her expedition to Prospect Park to shadowshape with Robbie?
(a) Midmorning.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) Noon.

11. At which kind of restaurant does Sierra note Culebra is scheduled to play?
(a) Puerto Rican.
(b) Dominican.
(c) Cuban.
(d) Haitian.

12. Chapter Twenty-two begins with which of the following?
(a) The B52 bus was taking forever.
(b) Underwater again.
(c) Sierra headed quickly down Lafayette.
(d) Tee sipped a tiny mug of flavored coffee.

13. Which of the following does Sierra suggest as a place lonely women go to dance?
(a) Cremations.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Visitations.
(d) Wakes.

14. Chapter Thirty-one begins with which of the following?
(a) She didn’t realize her eyes were squeezed shut until she opened them.
(b) Back on the shore, Sierra trudged toward the blurry boardwalk lights.
(c) The subway ride home was a blur.
(d) Sierra’s feet pounded the sand.

15. Chapter Twenty begins with which of the following?
(a) Underwater again.
(b) Sierra headed quickly down Lafayette.
(c) “Okay,” Robbie said.
(d) Sierra swallowed a wave of panic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Juan delight in seeing his mother has cooked?

2. With which of the following does Chapter Twenty-four begin?

3. With a drawing of what figure does Sierra first attempt shadowshaping with Robbie in Prospect Park?

4. Which landmark do Sierra and her companions identify at Coney Island?

5. Which of the following shapes do the spirits take that accompany Sierra over the water off of Coney Island?

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