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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) Squeemish.
(b) Losers.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Loyal.

2. How old was the first person to have caught the infection?
(a) 4.
(b) 64.
(c) 32.
(d) 16.

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

4. Where did Alex's mother go every week to shop?
(a) Miami.
(b) Providence.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?
(a) They walked around huddled under blankets because they were always freezing.
(b) They stopped opening their eyes.
(c) They wanted to be near each other all the time.
(d) They began eating their own limbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term was used to describe the moment when all infected individuals let out a "bizarre shriek" (4)?

2. What was the narrator doing when "the world came to an end" (1)?

3. When discussing his friendship with Mysty, the narrator says he spoke as if someone had overdosed him with what?

4. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?

5. During what time does Casimir consistently wander in the direction of the quarantine zone?

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