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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Canada.
(d) Haiti.

2. Why does Alex say the narrator would not last long on the Island?
(a) He is too poor.
(b) He is too lazy.
(c) He is too restless.
(d) He is too gringo.

3. What was the situation with the narrator's mom when the "world came to an end" (1)?
(a) She was helping sick people.
(b) She was busy working.
(c) She was sick.
(d) She was missing.

4. How many people became infected within the first couple of months?
(a) A couple thousand.
(b) A couple million.
(c) A couple hundred.
(d) A couple.

5. Who picks the narrator up from the airport when he first arrives in the Dominican for the summer?
(a) Mysty.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Alex.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Alex seem to spend most of this time?

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

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

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

5. What did Alex think a photograph had the potential to do?

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