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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11 - 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?
(a) He was not very smart.
(b) He was not actually rich.
(c) He was a prince.
(d) He was even wealthier than he thought.

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

3. What did the narrator begin to consider doing in order to stay on the Island an try to get close to Mysty?
(a) Move into Alex's place full time.
(b) Transfer to Unibe.
(c) Take a semester off school.
(d) Quit school and get a job on the Island.

4. How long was the Chorus just before things "went Rwanda" (12) according to the narrator?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 28 minutes.
(d) 30 seconds.

5. Where was the narrator dancing with Alex at the end of the story?
(a) la Playa.
(b) la Lugar.
(c) la Cocina.
(d) la Zona.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other patients does DeGraff learn show the same symptoms as Casimir?

2. What rumors began to spread about infected people?

3. What happened at the club just as Mysty and the narrator are about to leave at the end of the story?

4. With whom did Alex seem to spend most of this time?

5. What does the narrator say all 19-year-olds are when discussing his difficulty being around his sick mother?

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