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

2. What is the name of the ferry Aislyn plans to take?

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

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

5. Who does Bel recognize Brooklyn is?

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 manage to get to FDR Drive?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine how the city changes over the course of the novel. Consider how the White Woman affects the people and places in the city and what the author’s descriptions tell readers about the book’s themes.

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