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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which community was impacted by the infection?
(a) Americans.
(b) Dominicans.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Haitians.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

12. 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 coldest in recorded history.
(b) It was the longest in recorded history.
(c) It was the darkest in recorded history.
(d) It was the hottest in recorded history.

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

14. What was the other name for La Negrura?
(a) The Darkness.
(b) The Plague.
(c) The Sunburn.
(d) The Sickness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the situation with the narrator's mom when the "world came to an end" (1)?

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

3. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?

4. What did the narrator tell Alex's friends he was hoping to become?

5. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

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