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

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

3. How did Alex make money?
(a) Photograpy.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Writing.
(d) Modeling.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the narrator tell Alex's friends he was hoping to become?

4. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?

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

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