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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mysty say when the narrator expresses an interest in staying on the Island?
(a) Please do!
(b) It's awful here.
(c) I would love that.
(d) I don't blame you.

2. What did Mysty say she was more interested in having than a boyfriend?
(a) A visa.
(b) A degree.
(c) A new car.
(d) A good book.

3. What subject was Mysty studying at Unibe?
(a) French.
(b) International Law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Sociology.

4. With whom did Alex seem to spend most of this time?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mysty.
(c) Valentina.
(d) His father.

5. Despite his good qualities, to whom was Alex often rude?
(a) Club and restaurant workers.
(b) HIs parents.
(c) His friends.
(d) His teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?

2. Why did Alex want to go to Haiti?

3. What did the narrator begin to consider doing in order to stay on the Island an try to get close to Mysty?

4. What type of camera does Alex use?

5. During what time does Casimir consistently wander in the direction of the quarantine zone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex want to go to Haiti once La Negrura hit?

2. Where did Mysty dream of moving one day? What did she plan to do there?

3. What does the reader learn of Mysty's backstory after he says much of his memory of her was lost after the Fall?

4. What does the narrator think about Mysty the first time they meet? Why does Mysty pick on the narrator?

5. Why does Alex not see his parents very often?

6. What part of Alex's past does the narrator attribute to his playing down his wealth while at Brown?

7. How do Mysty and the narrator's mother react when he suggests he may take a semester off to stay in the D.R.?

8. Unlike Alex, who wanted to change everyone with his art, what was the narrator's ambition?

9. What does Alex tell the narrator about Mysty's father? How does the narrator feel about this news?

10. What did Alex do when a farmer in Bani found an unexploded bomb on his farm?

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