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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Alex seem to spend most of this time?
(a) Valentina.
(b) Mysty.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

3. During what time does Casimir consistently wander in the direction of the quarantine zone?
(a) Bedtime.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Dinner.
(d) The Chorus.

4. What happened to the worst cases of infections after about 6 months?
(a) They went deaf.
(b) They died.
(c) They went blind.
(d) They became comatose.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is significant about that March when the first boy caught the infection in a camp outside of Port-Au-Prince?

3. What does the narrator say was Mysty's "protective screen" (9)?

4. Where would Mysty often pick the narrator up to bring him to Alex's?

5. What does Mysty say when the narrator expresses an interest in staying on the Island?

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