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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Brooklyn, what do most maps do to Staten Island?
(a) Make it seem bigger than it is.
(b) Leave it off altogether.
(c) Misspell its name.
(d) Make it seem smaller than it is.

2. What is the name of Padmini’s neighbor, whose pool is attacked by tendrils?
(a) Mrs. Lee.
(b) Mr. Jacobson.
(c) Mrs. Yu.
(d) Mrs. Ghandi.

3. What does Bronca call the leader of the art group that shows up at the Center?
(a) Strawberry Manbun.
(b) Mr. Two-step.
(c) Doc Holliday.
(d) Popeye.

4. What does Bronca do to defeat the white monster?
(a) Taps her toe lightly on the ground.
(b) Points her finger at it.
(c) Strangles it with her bare hands.
(d) Spits in its eye.

5. What does Bronca recognize on the spiritual journey that allows her to figure out where the Primary is?
(a) Cows.
(b) Tiles.
(c) Cars.
(d) Photographs.

6. Where does Veneza live?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Jersey City.

7. Why does Padmini say she cannot become Queens?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She does not actually live in Queens.
(c) She is not even a U.S. citizen.
(d) She is too young.

8. Who is Josephine?
(a) Brooklyn's daughter.
(b) Veneza's daughter.
(c) Manny's nephew.
(d) Bronca's grandchild.

9. Who does Brooklyn say never plays well with others?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Thr Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Manhattan.

10. Who arrives while the avatars are recovering after their spiritual journey?
(a) Strawberry Manbun and Doc Holiday.
(b) Hong Kong and Sao Paulo.
(c) Staten Island and the Woman in White.
(d) The Primary and Madison.

11. How does Bronca deal with the voice in the bathroom stall?
(a) She recites poetry.
(b) She kicks the stall door in.
(c) She sprays her with water.
(d) She calls the police.

12. Who is the director of the experimental theater program at the Center?
(a) Bronca.
(b) Jess.
(c) Manny.
(d) Sao Paulo.

13. What is the name of the strange young man Aislyn’s father brings home?
(a) Brighton Exeter.
(b) Michael Lonsdale.
(c) Matthew Houlihan.
(d) Conall McGuiness.

14. What is the name of Brooklyn's family's cat?
(a) Louis.
(b) Snowball.
(c) Sweater.
(d) Scratchy.

15. Where does Aislyn go when she wakes up at 3 a.m.?
(a) The pool.
(b) The TV room.
(c) The roof.
(d) The bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Padmini manage to get next door so quickly?

2. As she nears the stall woman the morning after sleeping at the Center, what does she hear?

3. What political movement was Bronca a part of?

4. Bronca notices that the voice in the bathroom stall sounds strange. In what way?

5. Who is Raul?

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