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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 gringo.
(c) He is too poor.
(d) He is too lazy.

2. What does Alex say is "the most beautiful country in the world" (10)?
(a) America.
(b) Haiti.
(c) The Dominican Republic.
(d) Canada.

3. What does the narrator say was Mysty's "protective screen" (9)?
(a) Acting mean.
(b) Playing dumb.
(c) Reading books.
(d) Appearing bored.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alex think a photograph had the potential to do?

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

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

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

5. What would Mysty rather die than admit to having according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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