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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. Where is Sao Paulo walking in the Interruption?
2. Who chases the Prologue's speaker?
3. When Manny and Bel are threatened in Inwood Hill Park, what color does the woman who threatens them wear?
4. Who does Bel recognize Brooklyn is?
5. Before hailing a cab in Chapter 1, how does Manny plan to travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What happens when Manny first arrives at Penn Station?
3. How does Manny manage to defeat the Ick on FDR Drive?
4. How does Manny manage to get to FDR Drive?
5. What does Sao Paulo's attitude seem to be towards his job?
6. How does Manny treat the woman with the camera, once she is no longer the Woman in White, and what does it reveal about him?
7. What is Aislyn Houlihan doing at the Staten Island Ferry?
8. Describe Aislyn’s father.
9. What can Manny tell about himself from looking in the Penn Station bathroom mirror?
10. What does Sao Paulo discover when he arrives at Inwood Hill Park?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Each of the avatars represents an entire city. What messages about symbolism is the author trying to express in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Four of the five avatars are female. Write an essay in which you examine what role gender plays in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Each of the avatars is from a different cultural/ racial background, and there are tense conflicts with white power groups. Write an essay in which you discuss the role race plays in the novel.
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