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

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

3. Why were people not too worried about the infections in the beginning?
(a) It only seemed to affect the very old.
(b) It only seemed to affect the very young.
(c) It only seemed to affect the very sick.
(d) It only seemed to affect the very rich.

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

5. What is significant about that March when the first boy caught the infection in a camp outside of Port-Au-Prince?
(a) It was the longest in recorded history.
(b) It was the hottest in recorded history.
(c) It was the coldest in recorded history.
(d) It was the darkest in recorded history.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

3. How old was the first person to have caught the infection?

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

5. Who picks the narrator up from the airport when he first arrives in the Dominican for the summer?

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