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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing people blame when the infections began to spread?
(a) The famine.
(b) The heat.
(c) The president.
(d) The cold.

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

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 missing.
(c) She was busy working.
(d) She was sick.

4. What is significant about that March when the first boy caught the infection in a camp outside of Port-Au-Prince?
(a) It was the longest in recorded history.
(b) It was the coldest in recorded history.
(c) It was the hottest in recorded history.
(d) It was the darkest in recorded history.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alex make money?

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

3. Where was the narrator's mother living before moving back to the Dominican Republic?

4. How does Diaz describe the way in which the infection spread?

5. What happened to the worst cases of infections after about 6 months?

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