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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which instrument does Pulpo play in Culebra?
(a) Piano.
(b) Drums.
(c) Bass.
(d) Guitar.

2. With what does Sierra arm herself when meeting with Nydia after events at Coney Island?
(a) Fire axe.
(b) Bazooka.
(c) Fire extinguisher.
(d) Baseball bat.

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

4. Izzy describes referring to water as a mirror as which of the following?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Trite.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Cliché.

5. Which of the following does Sierra suggest as a place lonely women go to dance?
(a) Showers.
(b) Divorces.
(c) Arrests.
(d) Weddings.

6. With which of the following does Chapter Thirty-four begin?
(a) Neville’s Cadillac Seville screeched to a halt outside an old iron fence on a deserted street.
(b) The subway ride home was a blur.
(c) “This is it.”
(d) It made some kind of creepy sense.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which of the following does Juan delight in seeing his mother has cooked?
(a) Arroz con pollo.
(b) Papaya.
(c) Yucca.
(d) Cassava.

13. As which of the following does the novel gloss “van a bailar” (155)?
(a) They go to dance.
(b) She goes to dance.
(c) They take a chance.
(d) She goes to dance.

14. Which of the following is located next to El Mar?
(a) Church.
(b) Roti shop.
(c) Barbershop.
(d) Liquor store.

15. Which of the following shapes do the spirits take that accompany Sierra over the water off of Coney Island?
(a) Lion.
(b) Bull.
(c) Human.
(d) Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what source does Sierra note Robbie acquires chalk?

2. From where does Sierra make a call after storming out of her home following her upset at Rosa?

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

4. Robbie is tattooed with an image of which of the following peoples?

5. What title does Izzy give to her suggested book?

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