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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing his friendship with Mysty, the narrator says he spoke as if someone had overdosed him with what?
(a) Amphetamines.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Truth serum.
(d) Sleeping pills.

2. What did Alex become obsessed with photographing "before they disappeared" (11)?
(a) The beaches in D.R.
(b) The people in Haiti.
(c) The clubs in D.R.
(d) His friends.

3. Where did Mysty want to move once she graduated?
(a) Miami.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Quebec.

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

5. What are some things Mysty picked on the narrator for when they first met?
(a) He was poor and his clothes were outdated.
(b) He could not dance and he did not drink.
(c) He could not handle his liquor and he didn't smoke.
(d) He was too American and his Spanish was lousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's mother sell to make money?

2. What does Casimir do when Dr. DeGraff drives him away from the quarantine zone?

3. What was Henri Casimir doing which concerned his wife?

4. What would the narrator do with Alex's photos before he put them on the Whorl?

5. What strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?

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