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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 Sao Paulo shows up in Queens, who do the people think he is?

2. What important protest was Bronca a part of?

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

4. Where does Aislyn go when she wakes up at 3 a.m.?

5. What skill does Brooklyn use to help defeat the creatures that attack her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in the strange picture the group of racist artists show to Bronca and what effect does it have on her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when a city is born?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the metaphor of birth relate to the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 2

One of the main characters in the novel only really appears in the beginning and the end. Write an essay in which you describe how the Primary influences the decisions the other characters make even though he is not physically present.

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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