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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Manny’s apartment?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Forest Hills.
(c) Inwood.
(d) Lester Avenue.

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

3. Who does the Prologue's narrator say is hot?
(a) Mike Tyson.
(b) Tom Hanks.
(c) Neil deGrasse Tyson.
(d) Hilary Clinton.

4. The cab that takes Manny in Chapter 1 is mostly used for what?
(a) Racing.
(b) Sailing.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Funerals.

5. What does Aislyn’s father do for a living?
(a) He is a bartender.
(b) He is a cop.
(c) He is a businessman.
(d) He is a cab driver.

6. What is the name of the ferry Aislyn plans to take?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Zelda Fitzgerald.

7. What does Manny realize after he has defeated the ick in Chapter 1?
(a) He no longer has amnesia.
(b) He is the city of New York.
(c) He is the city of Manhattan.
(d) He did not need to fight the Ick.

8. Where is Sao Paulo walking in the Interruption?
(a) Inwood Hill Park.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) Penn Station.
(d) FDR Drive.

9. How is Manny dressed when he sees himself in the bathroom mirror at Penn Station?
(a) Punk.
(b) Goth.
(c) Preppy.
(d) Grunge.

10. What happens to the person chasing the Prologue's narrator?
(a) He is crushed by a falling piano.
(b) He falls in a manhole.
(c) He runs out of breath.
(d) He is hit by a bus.

11. What does Manny not want to use on the cabbie?
(a) Force.
(b) Charm.
(c) Lies.
(d) Money.

12. Who helps to calm Aislyn down when she panics at the ferry?
(a) The Woman in White.
(b) Manny.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Brooklyn.

13. What is the Prologue speaker's first lesson?
(a) Making a good omelette takes time.
(b) Great cities are born.
(c) You can't fight City Hall.
(d) Always look up, never down.

14. What historical event supposedly occurred in Inwood Hill park?
(a) First U.S. Open tennis tournament.
(b) Purchase of Manhattan from the Indians.
(c) First battle of the Revolutionary War.
(d) Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

15. What is Manny's full name?
(a) Mandolin.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Manfred.
(d) Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Manny and Bel’s savior in Inwood Hill Park defeat the ick?

2. Who does Bel recognize Brooklyn is?

3. Where is Manny when the novel begins?

4. What does Manny use to defeat the Ick?

5. In Inwood Hill Park, how many people does the Woman in White tell Manny are out there like him?

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