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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 Prologue speaker's profession?

2. What does Manny realize after he has defeated the ick in Chapter 1?

3. Who is helping the Prologue's speaker?

4. What kind of novels does Aislyn read?

5. What is Manny's full name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, explore how the characters respond to their competing responsibilities to the city and to others in their lives.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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