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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. Who chases the Prologue's speaker?

3. Who helps to calm Aislyn down when she panics at the ferry?

4. What is Brooklyn's last name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Describe Aislyn’s father.

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

Choose one of the avatars and write an essay in which you consider how their past plays a role in their behaviors in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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