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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 would Mysty rather die than admit to having according to the narrator?
(a) A rich family.
(b) Plastic surgery.
(c) An affair with Alex.
(d) A boyfriend.

2. Where did Alex's mother go every week to shop?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Miami.
(c) Providence.
(d) Manhattan.

3. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?
(a) He was not actually rich.
(b) He was even wealthier than he thought.
(c) He was not very smart.
(d) He was a prince.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things Mysty picked on the narrator for when they first met?

2. Where did Mysty want to move once she graduated?

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

4. Why does Alex say the narrator would not last long on the Island?

5. What does Mysty say when the narrator expresses an interest in staying on the Island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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