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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. Which of the following is noted as Tee’s real name?

2. What brand of cigar do Gordo and Lázaro share?

3. Which of the following shapes do the spirits take that accompany Sierra over the water off of Coney Island?

4. At which kind of restaurant does Sierra note Culebra is scheduled to play?

5. As which of the following does the novel gloss “mujeres solitarias” (155)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what condition does Sierra wake when Robbie knocks at her window after events at Club Kalfour?

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

5. What occasioned the fight between Carmen and Lázaro?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of Bennie’s name.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the incidences of catcalling Sierra experiences and their effects on the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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