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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11 - 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alex say is "the most beautiful country in the world" (10)?
(a) The Dominican Republic.
(b) America.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Canada.

2. What strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?
(a) They walked around huddled under blankets because they were always freezing.
(b) They began eating their own limbs.
(c) They stopped opening their eyes.
(d) They wanted to be near each other all the time.

3. With whom did Alex seem to spend most of this time?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mysty.
(c) Valentina.
(d) His father.

4. What was Henri Casimir doing which concerned his wife?
(a) Starving himself.
(b) Trying to kill himself.
(c) Trying to kill her.
(d) Roaming around and muttering to himself.

5. Who does Alex run off with while he and the narrator are out dancing at the end of the story?
(a) Valentina.
(b) Two French girls.
(c) Two German girls.
(d) Mysty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was Alex?

2. What would the narrator do with Alex's photos before he put them on the Whorl?

3. What do both Mysty and the narrator decide to do when Alex leaves at the end of the story?

4. What word does the narrator use to describe the violence that occurred in the relocation camps near the quarantine zone?

5. What term was used to describe the moment when all infected individuals let out a "bizarre shriek" (4)?

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