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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 young.
(c) It only seemed to affect the very old.
(d) It only seemed to affect the very sick.

2. What word is used for the internet in "Monstro"?
(a) Webbie.
(b) El monstro.
(c) Interwhirld.
(d) Whorl.

3. Who does the narrator believe were the only people he knew paying attention to the infections in Haiti at first?
(a) His friends.
(b) His mother and aunt.
(c) His professors.
(d) Himself.

4. What happened to the worst cases of infections after about 6 months?
(a) They went blind.
(b) They went deaf.
(c) They became comatose.
(d) They died.

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

6. What form of currency is used in "Monstro"?
(a) The peso.
(b) The renminbi.
(c) The ruble.
(d) The dollar.

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

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

9. What strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?
(a) They stopped opening their eyes.
(b) They wanted to be near each other all the time.
(c) They began eating their own limbs.
(d) They walked around huddled under blankets because they were always freezing.

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

11. What does the narrator say all 19-year-olds are when discussing his difficulty being around his sick mother?
(a) Loyal.
(b) Squeemish.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Losers.

12. How old was the first person to have caught the infection?
(a) 4.
(b) 16.
(c) 32.
(d) 64.

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

14. What term was used to describe the moment when all infected individuals let out a "bizarre shriek" (4)?
(a) The Shriek.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The Utterance.
(d) The Plep.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the situation with the narrator's mom 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 was the other name for La Negrura?

4. What rumors began to spread about infected people?

5. How did Alex make money?

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