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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Padmini uses to free the second boy?
(a) Quantum physics.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Fluid mechanics.
(d) Algebra.

2. How does Dr. White hurt Bronca physically?
(a) Pulling her hair.
(b) Punching her in the face.
(c) Tripping her.
(d) Shake hands.

3. What kind of home does Brooklyn have?
(a) A bungalow
(b) A mansion.
(c) A brownstone.
(d) A cabin.

4. When the group shows up at the Center, why does Bronca refuse their request?
(a) Because their work is badly made.
(b) Because their work is racist.
(c) Because they are not polite.
(d) Because they are men.

5. Where is Jojo when she calls her mother, Brooklyn?
(a) At school.
(b) In the brownstone next door.
(c) On the bus.
(d) In jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sao Paulo decide to head after Queens?

2. Aunty Aishwarya tells Padmini being an avatar is the basically the same as being what?

3. How does Aislyn respond to the man in the car?

4. The boy in the graffiti photographs is lying on top of what?

5. Why does Padmini say she cannot become Queens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Bronca, Veneza, and the rest of the Center help to stop the Alt Artistes?

2. What is the attitude of Padmini's relatives and neighbors when Sao Paulo arrives?

3. What happens when a city is born?

4. What do readers learn about Aislyn’s mother as the novel goes on?

5. What is Brooklyn’s past, and how did she become who she is now?

6. How do Padmini’s neighbors feel about her and what does this reveal?

7. Describe Brooklyn's relationship to her daughter Jojo.

8. What does Padmini realize is “wrong” at her next door neighbor’s?

9. How does Padmini manage to free the second boy from the tentacle that has him?

10. Why are the photographs of graffiti from around the city so important to Bronca?

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