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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the rock Manny and Bel stand on in Inwood Hill Park?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) The Rock.
(c) Shorakkopoch.
(d) Rignarotharan.

2. What historical event supposedly occurred in Inwood Hill park?
(a) Purchase of Manhattan from the Indians.
(b) Signing of the Declaration of Independence.
(c) First battle of the Revolutionary War.
(d) First U.S. Open tennis tournament.

3. What does the voice in Manny's head scream when he is in Penn Station?
(a) Help me, somebody please help me!
(b) I know who you are!
(c) This city is mine, get out!
(d) You'll never defeat me, no matter what you do!

4. What is the name of the cabbie who drives Manny in Chapter 1?
(a) Astor.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Madison.
(d) Jennifer.

5. What does Manny use to defeat the Ick?
(a) A walking stick.
(b) A pistol
(c) A sword.
(d) An umbrella.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Manny’s apartment?

2. Before hailing a cab in Chapter 1, how does Manny plan to travel?

3. What is the Prologue's speaker doing when readers first see him?

4. When Manny and Bel are threatened in Inwood Hill Park, what color does the woman who threatens them wear?

5. What does Manny use to try to stop the Ick when it attacks them in Inwood Hill Park?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sao Paulo's attitude seem to be towards his job?

2. What is Aislyn Houlihan doing at the Staten Island Ferry?

3. Describe the relationship between the narrator and Sao Paulo.

4. How does Manny manage to defeat the Ick on FDR Drive?

5. What does Sao Paulo discover when he arrives at Inwood Hill Park?

6. What can Manny tell about himself from looking in the Penn Station bathroom mirror?

7. Describe Aislyn’s father.

8. What happens when Manny first arrives at Penn Station?

9. How does Manny manage to get to FDR Drive?

10. Though Aislyn thinks of her as a crazy person, why does she continue to stay with the Woman in White until she gets on the bus?

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