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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-16, Coda.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bronca do to defeat the white monster?
(a) Spits in its eye.
(b) Taps her toe lightly on the ground.
(c) Points her finger at it.
(d) Strangles it with her bare hands.

2. In Chapter 14, what construct does Bronca use to begin defeat the traffic?
(a) The toe of her boot.
(b) A New York Yankees baseball cap.
(c) A Native dance.
(d) Crazy driving.

3. What other historical city died before it was born?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Sao Paulo.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Atlantis.

4. Who stays with Bronca when she spends the night at the Center?
(a) Queens
(b) The Woman in White.
(c) Veneza.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. What does Veneza call Bronca?
(a) B Girl.
(b) Old B.
(c) Old lady.
(d) Boss lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is peculiar about Padmini's home?

2. Why does Bronca know everything once she becomes the Bronx?

3. What happens to the narrator at the end of the Prologue?

4. What neighborhood icon is Bronca upset to see has been closed down?

5. As the group of artists leaves the Center, Bronca realizes they are connected to what?

(see the answer key)

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