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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. Who are the keyholders?
(a) The Center's board of directors.
(b) People living at the Center who have no place else to go.
(c) The avatars.
(d) The main personnel working at the Center.

2. Where is the Primary hidden?
(a) Beneath a statue in Central Park.
(b) Wall Street parking deck.
(c) Behind a trash bin in Chinatown.
(d) Old City Hall Station.

3. Aunty Aishwarya tells Padmini being an avatar is the basically the same as being what?
(a) A queen.
(b) An extra-terrestrial.
(c) A city god.
(d) A video game character.

4. What is “need to know weirdness”?
(a) When the avatars insist that others see the world the way they do.
(b) When Sao Paulo insists the avatars must see the world as he does.
(c) When ordinary people can see the tendrils because they need to for some reason.
(d) When the avatars become confused because they are close to knowing the truth.

5. What kind of home does Brooklyn have?
(a) A brownstone.
(b) A bungalow
(c) A mansion.
(d) A cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Padmini’s neighbor, whose pool is attacked by tendrils?

2. What is left behind in the bathroom stall after Bronca kicks the voice out?

3. Who arrives while the avatars are recovering after their spiritual journey?

4. When Sao Paulo shows up in Queens, who do the people think he is?

5. What else does Aislyn's mother say that surprises her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Manny’s special connection to the Primary?

2. Why must Bronca explain the truth to Veneza when they go to Bridge Park?

3. Why is Padmini studying financial engineering?

4. In what way is Brooklyn attacked?

5. What does Padmini realize is “wrong” at her next door neighbor’s?

6. While she is talking to the voice in the bathroom stall, what event does Bronca remember from her childhood?

7. Who is Conall McGuiness?

8. What does Manny remember about his past in Chapter 11, and why does it disturb him?

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

10. Why are the photographs of graffiti from around the city so important to Bronca?

(see the answer keys)

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