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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator meet Alex?
(a) Brown.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

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

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

4. Who is Alex's girlfriend?
(a) Valentina.
(b) Livia.
(c) Mysty.
(d) Sonia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the worst cases of infections after about 6 months?

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

3. Why does Alex say the narrator would not last long on the Island?

4. What is the name of the place the narrator spent much of his time thanks to his friend, Alex?

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

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