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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 poet does the voice in the bathroom stall quote to Bronca?

2. According to Brooklyn, what do most maps do to Staten Island?

3. What is the name of the strange young man Aislyn’s father brings home?

4. Where is the Primary hidden?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Manny’s special connection to the Primary?

3. In what way is Brooklyn attacked?

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

5. How does Bronca feel about Veneza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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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