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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. What is the Prologue speaker's profession?

2. Who shows up in Inwood Hill Park to save Manny and Bel?

3. Who does Bel recognize Brooklyn is?

4. Who does the woman in the Park think Bel is?

5. In Chapter 1, what street is Manny trying to get to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the Woman in White confuse Bel for, and what do readers learn from her confusion?

2. How does Manny manage to defeat the Ick on FDR Drive?

3. Though Aislyn thinks of her as a crazy person, why does she continue to stay with the Woman in White until she gets on the bus?

4. How does Manny treat the woman with the camera, once she is no longer the Woman in White, and what does it reveal about him?

5. Describe Aislyn’s father.

6. Who arrives to save Manny and Bel in Inwood Hill Park, and how does she do it?

7. How does Manny manage to get to FDR Drive?

8. What does Sao Paulo's attitude seem to be towards his job?

9. What can Manny tell about himself from looking in the Penn Station bathroom mirror?

10. In Inwood Hill Park, how does Manny manage to defend himself and Bel from the white wriggling ooze?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in an essay how a minor character or characters influence the novel’s development.

Essay Topic 2

Each of the avatars represents an entire city. What messages about symbolism is the author trying to express in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

There is not one main character or protagonist in this novel; there are five. Write an essay in which you examine how the use of five main characters impacts the structure of the novel.

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