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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. Izzy asks Tee never to say which of the following again?
(a) “Teeming buttload.”
(b) "Turgid buttload.
(c) "Turgid pustule."
(d) Teeming pustule."

2. Which of the following wind instruments does the band at Club Kalfour feature?
(a) Clarinet.
(b) Trombone.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Trumpet.

3. With which of the following does Chapter Six begin?
(a) Uncle Neville screeched to a halt.
(b) “¿Qúe pasó?”
(c) “So when popo came around the block, we just laid low.”
(d) Sierra had never seen so many books.

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

5. From which of the following did Sierra’s grandmother die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Automobile accident.
(d) Aneurysm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of Chapter Ten, at which train line do Sierra and Robbie agree to meet for Robbie to make a first demonstration of shadowshaping to Sierra?

2. Which of the following is the title of a book Sierra sees in the Columbia University library?

3. With which of the following does Chapter Fifteen begin?

4. Along which of the following avenues does Juan conduct Sierra after she flees from Club Kalfour?

5. What are the first words Lázaro says in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sierra characterize her skin to herself (75)?

2. Sierra expresses annoyance at Robbie for leaving her at the first party of the summer. How does she tell him he can atone?

3. What is Sierra’s stated “policy on cute boys, and really, boys in general” (21)?

4. What does Sierra note as evidence of her grandmother’s love for her childhood self?

5. How is Bennie’s brother, Vincent, reported to have died, and when?

6. What does Sierra read in Wick’s notes that Lucera signifies?

7. When Sierra flees from Club Kalfour, what results in her getting lost?

8. What reasons does Juan give for not having told Sierra about shadowshaping?

9. What outfit is Sierra wearing when she leaves to attend the first party of the summer?

10. How is the failure of people to see the changes to shadowshaped artwork explained?

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