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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) His mother and aunt.
(b) His friends.
(c) Himself.
(d) His professors.

2. What did the narrator tell Alex's friends he was hoping to become?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A photographer.
(d) A model.

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

4. What was the other name for La Negrura?
(a) The Sunburn.
(b) The Darkness.
(c) The Sickness.
(d) The Plague.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the girl the narrator was interested in?

4. How did Alex make money?

5. What rumors began to spread about infected people?

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