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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. With what color of magic does Robbie harass Sierra as she pursues him through Prospect Park?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

2. With which of the following does Chapter Twenty-six begin?
(a) CULEBRA was scrawled in ridiculously large and colorful letters across the tinted windows of El Mar.
(b) Getting to the Q train didn’t take too long.
(c) On a normal night at El Mar, a few chubby couples would swing around the dance floor.
(d) Fifteen minutes later, Sierra and Bennie strolled back around the corner.

3. Which of the following does Sierra note in the photograph of the shadowshapers?
(a) Francois Vrai.
(b) Francisco Verdad.
(c) Francis True.
(d) Frank Wahr.

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

5. Where does Sierra realize the meaning of the clue about lonely women dancing?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The ballroom.
(d) The bodega.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following, as a corpuscule, assails Juan at Coney Island?

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

5. Izzy describes referring to water as a mirror as which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is El Mar described with Culebra plays there?

2. How do local authorities react to the report of Manny’s death?

3. How does Nydia describe the Sorrows when Sierra asks her about them?

4. What reason does Sierra recall being told Haitians march in circles with coffins?

5. After Sierra confers with Juan about her powers, what does she read in Wick’s notes about his own struggles with shadowshaping?

6. What occasioned the fight between Carmen and Lázaro?

7. How does Sierra attempt to repel the corpuscules that confront her and her companions at Coney Island?

8. As they proceed towards Manny’s printing press, why does Sierra comfort Bennie?

9. Why does Robbie note that the intention of a shadowshaped artwork matters?

10. What description from Sierra prompts Robbie to note she encountered a throng haint?

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