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

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

3. What subject was Mysty studying at Unibe?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) International Law.
(c) French.
(d) Sociology.

4. What does the narrator say was "like a national pastime" (9) in the Dominican Republic?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Incest.
(c) Football.
(d) Eating.

5. How tall was Alex?
(a) 4'11.
(b) 5'5.
(c) 8'9.
(d) 6'8.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When discussing his friendship with Mysty, the narrator says he spoke as if someone had overdosed him with what?

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

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

5. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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