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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 did the narrator begin to consider doing in order to stay on the Island an try to get close to Mysty?
(a) Take a semester off school.
(b) Move into Alex's place full time.
(c) Quit school and get a job on the Island.
(d) Transfer to Unibe.

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

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

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

5. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?
(a) The airport.
(b) School.
(c) A dance club.
(d) Alex's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What subject was Mysty studying at Unibe?

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

5. Where did Mysty and her mother and stepfather live for 5 years?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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