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

2. At the ferry, the Woman in White Woman tells Aislyn about a sixth avatar that she refers to as what?

3. What does Manny not want to use on the cabbie?

4. What does Manny use to defeat the Ick?

5. Who shows up in Inwood Hill Park to save Manny and Bel?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Aislyn’s father.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Choose any two avatars and write an essay in which you analyze their relationship. What are the tensions between the avatars? How do they need each other? How do their personal characteristics play a role in their attitudes to one another?

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