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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 name of Manny’s roommate?

2. At Penn Station, Manny feels pain left over from what?

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

4. Who does Bel recognize Brooklyn is?

5. What happens to the person chasing the Prologue's narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Aislyn Houlihan doing at the Staten Island Ferry?

8. Describe Aislyn’s father.

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

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

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

Write an essay in which you consider how these avatars fit into the hero mold and how ways in which they do not.

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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