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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. To which of the following does Sierra compare Culebra’s performance?

2. As which of the following does the novel gloss “van a bailar” (155)?

3. Robbie is tattooed with an image of which of the following peoples?

4. For which of the following coffees does Sierra express a preference?

5. To which of the following does Sierra compare Rosa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Sierra recall being told Haitians march in circles with coffins?

2. How does Tee differentiate hipsters from yuppies?

3. How does Sierra attempt to repel the corpuscules that confront her and her companions at Coney Island?

4. How is Manny described when, as a corpuscule, he confronts Sierra at Coney Island?

5. What does Lucera identify as the source of shadowshaping power?

6. Why does Robbie note that shadowshaping magic is stronger for those who do their own artwork?

7. How is El Mar described with Culebra plays there?

8. Why does Robbie note that the intention of a shadowshaped artwork matters?

9. After Sierra confers with Juan about her powers, what does she read in Wick’s notes about his own struggles with shadowshaping?

10. What reason does Sierra give for being surprised at Robbie’s apology after events at Club Kalfour?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the location of the Sorrows’ center of power.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s mother’s name: María Carmen Corona Santiago.

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the antagonist’s name: Jonathan Wick.

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