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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which country's factories were producing a lot of pharmaceuticals in the Dominican Republic in "Monstro"?
(a) China.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) India.

3. What did Alex think a photograph had the potential to do?
(a) Make someone cry.
(b) Make him rich.
(c) Change everything.
(d) Make someone smile.

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

5. Where was the narrator's mother living before moving back to the Dominican Republic?
(a) Providence.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Boston.
(d) The Bronx.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word is used for the internet in "Monstro"?

3. Who does the narrator believe were the only people he knew paying attention to the infections in Haiti at first?

4. What does the narrator say all 19-year-olds are when discussing his difficulty being around his sick mother?

5. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?

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