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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 Brooklyn's last name?

2. Before hailing a cab in Chapter 1, how does Manny plan to travel?

3. When Manny and Bel are threatened in Inwood Hill Park, what color does the woman who threatens them wear?

4. What is the name of the woman in Inwood Hill Park who threatens to call the police?

5. What is the Prologue's speaker doing when readers first see him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. What happens when Manny first encounters his roommate, Bel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the metaphor of birth relate to the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways do the avatars work well together? In what ways do they struggle as a team?

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss Bronca’s relationship with Veneza.

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