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

2. 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.

3. Chapter Twenty-three begins with which of the following?
(a) Fifteen minutes later, Sierra and Bennie strolled back around the corner.
(b) Sierra headed quickly down Lafayette.
(c) Tee sipped a tiny mug of flavored coffee.
(d) The B52 bus was taking forever.

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

5. What causes Bennie to cry out at Manny’s printing press?
(a) A bruised head.
(b) A stubbed toe.
(c) A hand on her rump.
(d) A struck funny bone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first to greet Sierra after she returns from communion with Lucera?

2. In which grade does Jerome note he had previously visited Manny’s printing press?

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

4. In which of the following arts is Lázaro reported to have been skilled?

5. In which of the following countries does Tee note having been born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tee differentiate hipsters from yuppies?

2. What does Lucera identify as the source of shadowshaping power?

3. How is a normal night at El Mar described?

4. What reason does Sierra give for being surprised at Robbie’s apology after events at Club Kalfour?

5. Why does Jerome suggest the reference to the crossroads indicates the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Atlantic Avenue?

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

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

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

9. What occasioned the fight between Carmen and Lázaro?

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

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