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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 Aislyn Houlihan trying to do at the beginning Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of the rock Manny and Bel stand on in Inwood Hill Park?

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

4. At the ferry, the Woman in White Woman tells Aislyn about a sixth avatar that she refers to as what?

5. What is the Prologue speaker's profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Manny first arrives at Penn Station?

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

5. Describe the relationship between the narrator and Sao Paulo.

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

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

8. What does the woman in the park with the camera accuse Manny and Bel of?

9. Describe Aislyn’s father.

10. What does Sao Paulo discover when he arrives at Inwood Hill Park?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the main characters in the novel only really appears in the beginning and the end. Write an essay in which you describe how the Primary influences the decisions the other characters make even though he is not physically present.

Essay Topic 2

How is the city of R’Lyeh, originally invented by H.P. Lovecraft, important to the themes of this novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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