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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 was the narrator doing when "the world came to an end" (1)?
(a) Chasing a girl.
(b) Studying for finals.
(c) Volunteering in Haiti.
(d) Applying for jobs.

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

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

4. What is the name of the place the narrator spent much of his time thanks to his friend, Alex?
(a) The Shield.
(b) The Dome.
(c) The Room.
(d) The Cloud.

5. What happened when a doctor from Martinique took an elderly infected woman to an offshore hospital?
(a) She was cured.
(b) She became comatose.
(c) She tore off her restraints and began to crawl back to the quarantine zone.
(d) She died within an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

2. What word is used for the internet in "Monstro"?

3. What form of currency is used in "Monstro"?

4. Why were people not too worried about the infections in the beginning?

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

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