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

2. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?
(a) Pleps.
(b) Glypts.
(c) Plypts.
(d) Whorls.

3. What title did the narrator come up with for Alex's photo series?
(a) Notes from the Last Shore.
(b) End Time Chronicles.
(c) Long Drought Diaries.
(d) The Book of Bygone Beauty.

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

5. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?
(a) A dance club.
(b) Alex's apartment.
(c) School.
(d) The airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Mysty rather die than admit to having according to the narrator?

2. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

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

4. Why were people not too worried about the infections in the beginning?

5. Where was the narrator dancing with Alex at the end of the story?

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