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

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

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

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

6. What did the narrator tell Alex's friends he was hoping to become?
(a) A photographer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A model.
(d) A journalist.

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. Where did the narrator meet Alex?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Brown.
(d) Harvard.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which community was impacted by the infection?

2. How old was the first person to have caught the infection?

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

4. What was the other name for La Negrura?

5. What term was used to describe the moment when all infected individuals let out a "bizarre shriek" (4)?

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