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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 was the situation with the narrator's mom when the "world came to an end" (1)?
(a) She was sick.
(b) She was missing.
(c) She was helping sick people.
(d) She was busy working.

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

3. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?
(a) School.
(b) Alex's apartment.
(c) The airport.
(d) A dance club.

4. What rumors began to spread about infected people?
(a) They were robots.
(b) They were spies.
(c) They were devils.
(d) They were zombies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator doing when "the world came to an end" (1)?

2. What interest do the narrator and Alex share, which he sense was seen as "a serious mental health disorder" (5)?

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

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

5. Who does the narrator believe were the only people he knew paying attention to the infections in Haiti at first?

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