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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 kind of novels does Aislyn read?

2. What is the name of the cabbie who drives Manny in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of Manny’s roommate?

4. Who is helping the Prologue's speaker?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze Staten Aislyn’s role in the novel. In what ways does the author criticize her behaviors? In what ways does the author sympathize with her?

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