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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. Why does Alex say the narrator would not last long on the Island?
(a) He is too restless.
(b) He is too poor.
(c) He is too lazy.
(d) He is too gringo.

2. What was Alex's GPA at school?
(a) 3.0.
(b) 4.0.
(c) 1.4.
(d) 2.5.

3. What does the narrator say was "like a national pastime" (9) in the Dominican Republic?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Football.
(d) Incest.

4. Where did Mysty and her mother and stepfather live for 5 years?
(a) Quebec.
(b) New York.
(c) Miami.
(d) Paris.

5. What was Henri Casimir doing which concerned his wife?
(a) Roaming around and muttering to himself.
(b) Trying to kill her.
(c) Starving himself.
(d) Trying to kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex say is "the most beautiful country in the world" (10)?

2. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?

3. What did Mysty say she was more interested in having than a boyfriend?

4. Where would Mysty often pick the narrator up to bring him to Alex's?

5. With whom did Alex seem to spend most of this time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did the narrator think Mysty and Alex may have been more than friends at some point?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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