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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11 - 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the first person to have caught the infection?
(a) 4.
(b) 16.
(c) 64.
(d) 32.

2. What is the name of the girl the narrator was interested in?
(a) Mitsy.
(b) Mysty.
(c) Mandy.
(d) Megsy.

3. Where did the narrator meet Alex?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Brown.

4. Despite his good qualities, to whom was Alex often rude?
(a) Club and restaurant workers.
(b) His friends.
(c) HIs parents.
(d) His teachers.

5. What strange thing happened to all infected individuals 8 months after the disease began?
(a) They stopped sleeping.
(b) They stopped speaking.
(c) They went blind.
(d) They could not stop eating.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the narrator dancing with Alex at the end of the story?

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

4. What does Alex say is "the most beautiful country in the world" (10)?

5. What was Alex's GPA at school?

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