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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. What is the name of the place the narrator spent much of his time thanks to his friend, Alex?

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

3. What rumors began to spread about infected people?

4. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?

5. What is the name of the girl the narrator was interested in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the story and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Monstro." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the story's themes?

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