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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 interest do the narrator and Alex share, which he sense was seen as "a serious mental health disorder" (5)?

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

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

4. What does the narrator say all 19-year-olds are when discussing his difficulty being around his sick mother?

5. What term was used to describe the moment when all infected individuals let out a "bizarre shriek" (4)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 about the author of "Monstro." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Monstro" similar or different from his previous works?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think the author chose to make the main characters 19 years old? What does he say about this age? What would change if they were twice as old or half as young?

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