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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. How do Manny and Brooklyn travel when looking for Queens?

2. What does Staten Aislyn discover her mother wanted to be when she was younger?

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

4. What is peculiar about Padmini's home?

5. Where does Veneza offer to let Bronca sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way is Brooklyn attacked?

3. Why must Bronca explain the truth to Veneza when they go to Bridge Park?

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

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

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

7. Why is the Primary asleep, as Bronca realizes in Chapter 9?

8. While she is talking to the voice in the bathroom stall, what event does Bronca remember from her childhood?

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

10. Why is Padmini studying financial engineering?

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

Write an essay in which you analyze Staten Aislyn’s role in the novel. In what ways does the author criticize her behaviors? In what ways does the author sympathize with her?

Essay Topic 3

Each of the avatars represents an entire city. What messages about symbolism is the author trying to express in the novel?

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