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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 does Alex say when the narrator ask if he and Mysty had ever had a relationship?

2. What was Henri Casimir doing which concerned his wife?

3. Why does Alex say the narrator would not last long on the Island?

4. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?

5. What does the narrator say was Mysty's "protective screen" (9)?

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. How do Mysty and the narrator's mother react when he suggests he may take a semester off to stay in the D.R.?

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

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

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

7. What does the reader learn of Mysty's backstory after he says much of his memory of her was lost after the Fall?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Diaz's decision to tell the story using first person point-of-view from the narrator's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

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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