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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. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?
(a) Canada.
(b) America.
(c) Haiti.
(d) France.

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

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

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

5. What are some things Mysty picked on the narrator for when they first met?
(a) He was too American and his Spanish was lousy.
(b) He could not dance and he did not drink.
(c) He could not handle his liquor and he didn't smoke.
(d) He was poor and his clothes were outdated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Alex want to go to Haiti?

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

3. Who is Alex's girlfriend?

4. Where did Alex's mother go every week to shop?

5. What does Alex say when the narrator ask if he and Mysty had ever had a relationship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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