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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 strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?
(a) They began eating their own limbs.
(b) They wanted to be near each other all the time.
(c) They stopped opening their eyes.
(d) They walked around huddled under blankets because they were always freezing.

2. What are some things Mysty picked on the narrator for when they first met?
(a) He was too American and his Spanish was lousy.
(b) He was poor and his clothes were outdated.
(c) He could not dance and he did not drink.
(d) He could not handle his liquor and he didn't smoke.

3. What does the narrator say all 19-year-olds are when discussing his difficulty being around his sick mother?
(a) Loyal.
(b) Squeemish.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Losers.

4. Which community was impacted by the infection?
(a) Haitians.
(b) Americans.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Dominicans.

5. How does Diaz describe the way in which the infection spread?
(a) A lighting strike.
(b) A thunderous blast.
(c) A slow leprous spread.
(d) A slow molasses pour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term was used to describe the moment when all infected individuals let out a "bizarre shriek" (4)?

2. How did Alex make money?

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

4. What is the first thing people blame when the infections began to spread?

5. What rumors began to spread about infected people?

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