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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. With which of the following does Chapter Seven begin?

2. With which of the following does Chapter Thirteen begin?

3. Which of the following beverages does Manny provide Sierra?

4. Which of the following kinds of dance does Sierra note knowing?

5. Chapter Seventeen begins with which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Nydia note for helping Sierra in the archives?

2. How are Sierra’s brothers juxtaposed when they are first mentioned?

3. What outfit is Sierra wearing when she leaves to attend the first party of the summer?

4. When had Sierra last rode on the pegs of Juan’s bicycle before the events of the novel?

5. What random gossip does Bennie report to Sierra while braiding her hair?

6. How is the Tower described when it is introduced?

7. How is the first corpuscule Sierra encounters described upon reaching the first party of the summer?

8. At what does Sierra look as the novel begins, and what does she note about it?

9. Sierra expresses annoyance at Robbie for leaving her at the first party of the summer. How does she tell him he can atone?

10. How is Robbie dressed when he meets Sierra in advance of going to Club Kalfour?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Shadowshaper on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Shadowshaper. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the location of Manny’s publishing office.

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