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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. Which of Mysty's family members did Alex tell the narrator had raped her?
(a) Her stepfather.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

2. Who is Alex's girlfriend?
(a) Mysty.
(b) Valentina.
(c) Sonia.
(d) Livia.

3. What does Alex say when the narrator ask if he and Mysty had ever had a relationship?
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Of course.
(c) Not yet.
(d) She is like my sister.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of camera does Alex use?

2. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?

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

4. Despite his good qualities, to whom was Alex often rude?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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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