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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator believe were the only people he knew paying attention to the infections in Haiti at first?
(a) Himself.
(b) His professors.
(c) His friends.
(d) His mother and aunt.

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

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

4. What word is used for the internet in "Monstro"?
(a) El monstro.
(b) Whorl.
(c) Interwhirld.
(d) Webbie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange thing happened to all infected individuals 8 months after the disease began?

2. What is the name of the place the narrator spent much of his time thanks to his friend, Alex?

3. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

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

5. What interest do the narrator and Alex share, which he sense was seen as "a serious mental health disorder" (5)?

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