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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. Which of the following is the first painted figure Robbie animates at Club Kalfour?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A skeleton.

2. Which of the following spirits do Manny and the other “domino warriors” share?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Gin.
(d) Rum.

3. In which neighborhood is Club Kalfour located?
(a) Prospect Park South.
(b) East New York.
(c) East Flatbush.
(d) Crown Heights.

4. With which of the following does Chapter Fourteen begin?
(a) “What the hell?”
(b) “Run, Sierra!”
(c) Sierra had to peel her eyes away from the swirl of living paint.
(d) Club Kalfour turned out to be a discreet little operation.

5. Which of the following plays dominoes with Manny in the novel?
(a) Robbie.
(b) Lázaro.
(c) Jean-Louise.
(d) Dominic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The text of the novel opens with which of the following?

2. With which of the following does Chapter Sixteen begin?

3. Izzy asks Tee never to say which of the following again?

4. Which of the Tower’s walls faces the Junklot?

5. Which of the following is the name of Sierra’s neighbor’s cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Tower described when it is introduced?

2. What random gossip does Bennie report to Sierra while braiding her hair?

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

4. How does Robbie describe making “soft eyes” (85)?

5. How is Robbie dressed when he meets Sierra in advance of going to Club Kalfour?

6. At what does Sierra look as the novel begins, and what does she note about it?

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

8. How is the first corpuscule Sierra encounters described upon reaching the first party of the summer?

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

10. How does the novel initially report the effects of Lázaro’s stroke upon him?

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