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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 the narrator say was Mysty's "protective screen" (9)?
(a) Appearing bored.
(b) Acting mean.
(c) Playing dumb.
(d) Reading books.

2. What rumors began to spread about infected people?
(a) They were zombies.
(b) They were devils.
(c) They were spies.
(d) They were robots.

3. What was the Commander-in-Chief doing when the Joint Chiefs of Staff convened an emergency meeting?
(a) Meeting with the U.N.
(b) Organizing a plan with the Great Powers.
(c) Volunteering in Haiti.
(d) Vacationing.

4. 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 wanted to be near each other all the time.
(c) They stopped opening their eyes.
(d) They began eating their own limbs.

5. Where did the narrator meet Alex?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Brown.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?

3. What did Mysty say she was more interested in having than a boyfriend?

4. What was the other name for La Negrura?

5. Which of Mysty's family members did Alex tell the narrator had raped her?

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