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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter Nineteen begins with which of the following?

3. Chapter Twenty-two begins with which of the following?

4. Chapter Eighteen begins with which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Sierra feel hope at the prospect of Manny’s explanation?

5. What reasons does Sierra have for thinking Nydia has betrayed her?

6. How is Coney Island described when Sierra and her companions reach it?

7. How does Tee differentiate hipsters from yuppies?

8. How is Manny described when, as a corpuscule, he confronts Sierra at Coney Island?

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

10. For what reason do Sierra’s companions leave El Mar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Twenty-nine, the comment is made that “Crazy was a way to shut people up, disregard them entirely” (167). Does the novel bear out the comment? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Much is made in the novel of Robbie being of Haitian descent. What is the significance of him having such a background, as opposed to another from among the African Diaspora, and how is that significance manifested?

Essay Topic 3

How would the novel be obliged to change if it were set elsewhere than it is? Select a location and explain what changes would be enforced upon the novel were it to be set in that location, rather than the location it currently occupied, and why those changes would be required by the new location.

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