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

2. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?
(a) Alex's apartment.
(b) A dance club.
(c) School.
(d) The airport.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Alex's girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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