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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 was the narrator doing when "the world came to an end" (1)?
(a) Studying for finals.
(b) Chasing a girl.
(c) Volunteering in Haiti.
(d) Applying for jobs.

2. The narrator says he and his friends "kicked it super hard" (11) because they did not have what to hold them back?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Jobs.
(c) School.
(d) Parents.

3. What happened to Dr. DeGraff as a result of the bombing?
(a) Her foot was injured while running.
(b) She became paralyzed.
(c) Her right arm was blown off.
(d) The optic nerve in her eye was burned out.

4. What happened at the club just as Mysty and the narrator are about to leave at the end of the story?
(a) The cops enter.
(b) The alarm goes off.
(c) Smoke enters.
(d) The lights go out.

5. How tall was Alex?
(a) 4'11.
(b) 8'9.
(c) 5'5.
(d) 6'8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the first person to have caught the infection?

2. What was Alex's GPA at school?

3. What does the narrator say was "like a national pastime" (9) in the Dominican Republic?

4. What happened when a doctor from Martinique took an elderly infected woman to an offshore hospital?

5. What does the narrator say he would have had to do to get Mysty to date him?

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