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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. The woman in the bathroom stall tells Bronca she has gained what?

2. What important protest was Bronca a part of?

3. What city does Brooklyn say does not really want to be part of New York anymore?

4. Who arrives while the avatars are recovering after their spiritual journey?

5. Who is Padmini?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the attitude of Padmini's relatives and neighbors when Sao Paulo arrives?

2. What are Bronca and Yijing arguing about in the bathroom in Chapter 4?

3. How does Bronca feel about Veneza?

4. How do Padmini’s neighbors feel about her and what does this reveal?

5. What happens when a city is born?

6. Who is Conall McGuiness?

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

8. How does Padmini manage to free the second boy from the tentacle that has him?

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

10. Why are the photographs of graffiti from around the city so important to Bronca?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Each of the avatars is from a different cultural/ racial background, and there are tense conflicts with white power groups. Write an essay in which you discuss the role race plays in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you consider how these avatars fit into the hero mold and how ways in which they do not.

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