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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Diaz describe the way in which the infection spread?
(a) A lighting strike.
(b) A slow molasses pour.
(c) A slow leprous spread.
(d) A thunderous blast.

2. What does the narrator say was Mysty's "protective screen" (9)?
(a) Reading books.
(b) Acting mean.
(c) Appearing bored.
(d) Playing dumb.

3. What was Henri Casimir doing which concerned his wife?
(a) Roaming around and muttering to himself.
(b) Trying to kill himself.
(c) Trying to kill her.
(d) Starving himself.

4. What does Mysty say when the narrator expresses an interest in staying on the Island?
(a) Please do!
(b) I don't blame you.
(c) I would love that.
(d) It's awful here.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Alex want to go to Haiti?

2. What does the narrator say was "like a national pastime" (9) in the Dominican Republic?

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

4. What strange thing happened to all infected individuals 8 months after the disease began?

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

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