View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manny remember about his past?

2. Who shows up at the Center once the Woman in White leaves?

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

4. Who does Bronca argue about grants with?

5. Who shows up to “save” Aislyn from the man in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. In a less physical way, how is Brooklyn attacked?

2. How does Bronca feel about Veneza?

3. Why is Padmini studying financial engineering?

4. What happens when a city is born?

5. In what way is Brooklyn attacked?

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

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

8. After Aislyn has assaulted Sao Paulo, how is Sao Paulo saved?

9. Who is Conall McGuiness?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does art play in the novel? What point does the author seem to be making by including this motif?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine how the city changes over the course of the novel. Consider how the White Woman affects the people and places in the city and what the author’s descriptions tell readers about the book’s themes.

Essay Topic 3

How does the metaphor of birth relate to the novel’s themes?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 910 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample