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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Alex's GPA at school?
(a) 3.0.
(b) 4.0.
(c) 1.4.
(d) 2.5.

3. 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) Himself.
(c) His friends.
(d) His professors.

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

5. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?
(a) Pleps.
(b) Plypts.
(c) Glypts.
(d) Whorls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

2. What does Alex say is "the most beautiful country in the world" (10)?

3. How tall was Alex?

4. What strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?

5. What rumors began to spread about infected people?

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