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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 arrives while the avatars are recovering after their spiritual journey?

2. Who does Brooklyn say never plays well with others?

3. The four avatars link together and go on a spiritual journey looking for whom?

4. What kind of home does Brooklyn have?

5. In what shape are the creatures that attack Brooklyn’s house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Padmini studying financial engineering?

2. What poem does the voice in the bathroom stall quote to Bronca, and what is its significance?

3. What is Bronca’s attitude when she first becomes the Bronx?

4. After Aislyn has assaulted Sao Paulo, how is Sao Paulo saved?

5. Sao Paulo almost manages to get Aislyn to join the others. What prevents him?

6. In a less physical way, how is Brooklyn attacked?

7. Who is Conall McGuiness?

8. What is Brooklyn’s power, and how does she feel about it?

9. What is Brooklyn’s past, and how did she become who she is now?

10. Why are Ms. Yu and Aunty Aishwarya not more surprised when they find out Padmini is a city?

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

What role does art play in the novel? What point does the author seem to be making by including this motif?

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss Bronca’s relationship with Veneza.

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