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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the narrator doing when "the world came to an end" (1)?
(a) Chasing a girl.
(b) Volunteering in Haiti.
(c) Applying for jobs.
(d) Studying for finals.

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

3. Which country's factories were producing a lot of pharmaceuticals in the Dominican Republic in "Monstro"?
(a) China.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) India.

4. What is the name of the girl the narrator was interested in?
(a) Megsy.
(b) Mysty.
(c) Mitsy.
(d) Mandy.

5. What is significant about that March when the first boy caught the infection in a camp outside of Port-Au-Prince?
(a) It was the darkest in recorded history.
(b) It was the hottest in recorded history.
(c) It was the coldest in recorded history.
(d) It was the longest in recorded history.

6. What interest do the narrator and Alex share, which he sense was seen as "a serious mental health disorder" (5)?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) History.
(c) Current Events.
(d) Art.

7. Who picks the narrator up from the airport when he first arrives in the Dominican for the summer?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mysty.
(c) Alex.
(d) His aunt.

8. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?
(a) Plypts.
(b) Pleps.
(c) Whorls.
(d) Glypts.

9. How does Diaz describe the way in which the infection spread?
(a) A slow molasses pour.
(b) A thunderous blast.
(c) A slow leprous spread.
(d) A lighting strike.

10. How many people became infected within the first couple of months?
(a) A couple.
(b) A couple hundred.
(c) A couple thousand.
(d) A couple million.

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

12. Why were people not too worried about the infections in the beginning?
(a) It only seemed to affect the very rich.
(b) It only seemed to affect the very old.
(c) It only seemed to affect the very young.
(d) It only seemed to affect the very sick.

13. What is the name of the place the narrator spent much of his time thanks to his friend, Alex?
(a) The Shield.
(b) The Dome.
(c) The Room.
(d) The Cloud.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What form of currency is used in "Monstro"?

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

4. What word is used for the internet in "Monstro"?

5. What was the other name for La Negrura?

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