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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brooklyn ask Jojo to do as they talk on the phone?
(a) Look out the window.
(b) Make dinner.
(c) Look out the window.
(d) Turn off the television.

2. Bronca notices that the voice in the bathroom stall sounds strange. In what way?
(a) It comes out in almost a growl.
(b) It is very high pitched.
(c) It sounds like it's under water.
(d) It seems electronic.

3. What is the Prologue's speaker doing when readers first see him?
(a) Having a cheesburger.
(b) Yelling from the top of a roof.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Playing video games.

4. In Chapter 1, what street is Manny trying to get to?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) FDR Drive.
(c) JFK Boulevard.
(d) Lincoln Avenue.

5. What mark does Aislyn make on her own Island?
(a) A backwards R etched in the hillside.
(b) An enormus Q drawn into a wheat field.
(c) Four trenches across the subway line.
(d) A giant X at the ferry port.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the strange young man Aislyn’s father brings home?

2. How does Bronca deal with the voice in the bathroom stall?

3. What are the boys in the pool playing?

4. When Manny and Bel are threatened in Inwood Hill Park, what color does the woman who threatens them wear?

5. How is Manny dressed when he sees himself in the bathroom mirror at Penn Station?

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