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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks the narrator up from the airport when he first arrives in the Dominican for the summer?

2. What strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?

3. What is the first thing people blame when the infections began to spread?

4. Which country's factories were producing a lot of pharmaceuticals in the Dominican Republic in "Monstro"?

5. Where was the narrator's mother living before moving back to the Dominican Republic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the narrator being honest when he says his mother did not really want him around her when she was sick? Explain.

2. Who is Alex? How does he know the narrator? In what ways are they different?

3. What are some the strange behaviors the infected displayed months after the initial outbreak?

4. Why did interest in La Negrura wane fairly soon after the initial infection?

5. How did the narrator's mother and aunt feel about the situation in Haiti?

6. What did Alex tell his friends when he introduced them to the narrator? How did his friends react when the narrator told them what he was hoping to become?

7. Why was it easy to blame the heat on the outbreak of La Negrura?

8. How did the narrator react when he first heard of La Negrura? What was he more occupied with at the time?

9. How did people first react to La Negrura, according to the narrator at the start of the story?

10. Why did the narrator's mother initially come back to the Dominican Republic after living in Brooklyn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

What makes the narrator the protagonist of this story? Compare his role in the story to definitions of protagonists.

Essay Topic 3

Superstition plays a role in "Monstro" when people try to find reason for the infections. Write an essay exploring the role of superstition in the story.

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