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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. During what time does Casimir consistently wander in the direction of the quarantine zone?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Bedtime.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Dinner.

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

3. What type of camera does Alex use?
(a) A Nikon.
(b) A Pentax.
(c) A Panasonic.
(d) A Polaroid.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?

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

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

4. Who is Alex's girlfriend?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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