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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. Who is Padmini?

3. In addition, to harming the man in the car physically, what does Aislyn cause to occur?

4. Who does Bronca argue about grants with?

5. The boy in the graffiti photographs is lying on top of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a city is born?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Brooklyn's relationship to her daughter Jojo.

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

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

9. How does Bronca feel about Veneza?

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

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

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

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.

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