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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the narrator's mother living before moving back to the Dominican Republic?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Providence.
(d) Boston.

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

3. Who does Alex run off with while he and the narrator are out dancing at the end of the story?
(a) Two French girls.
(b) Valentina.
(c) Two German girls.
(d) Mysty.

4. What strange thing happened to all infected individuals 8 months after the disease began?
(a) They went blind.
(b) They stopped sleeping.
(c) They stopped speaking.
(d) They could not stop eating.

5. What would Alex often call Mysty when she was complaining?
(a) Carino.
(b) Bebe.
(c) Cherie.
(d) Mi amor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mysty say she was more interested in having than a boyfriend?

2. What was the Commander-in-Chief doing when the Joint Chiefs of Staff convened an emergency meeting?

3. Why was it unlikely Mysty would ever date the narrator?

4. What happened when a doctor from Martinique took an elderly infected woman to an offshore hospital?

5. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?

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