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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 does the voice in Manny's head scream when he is in Penn Station?

2. How does Manny and Bel’s savior in Inwood Hill Park defeat the ick?

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

4. What is the name of the woman in Inwood Hill Park who threatens to call the police?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Manny cannot remember much about his own past, but he seems to feel he was a bad person. In what way is this experience an opportunity for him to gain redemption?

Essay Topic 2

Four of the five avatars are female. Write an essay in which you examine what role gender plays in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, analyze the author’s attitude towards cities. What does she feel are the positive aspects of cities? What are the negative?

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