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

2. What did many people not believe the evacuees had seen at first?
(a) 40 foot cannibals.
(b) Hundreds of zombies.
(c) Swarms of killer bees.
(d) Thousands of rabid dogs.

3. What does Mysty say when the narrator expresses an interest in staying on the Island?
(a) Please do!
(b) It's awful here.
(c) I would love that.
(d) I don't blame you.

4. What did Mysty say she was more interested in having than a boyfriend?
(a) A degree.
(b) A new car.
(c) A good book.
(d) A visa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alex make money?

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

3. How many other patients does DeGraff learn show the same symptoms as Casimir?

4. What does Alex pack with him "just in case....something happens" (16) at the end of the story?

5. What type of camera does Alex use?

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