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

2. Which of Mysty's family members did Alex tell the narrator had raped her?

3. What does the narrator say was "like a national pastime" (9) in the Dominican Republic?

4. Where did Alex's mother go every week to shop?

5. What would Mysty rather die than admit to having according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about foreshadowing in "Monstro." Define foreshadowing and identify moments of foreshadowing in the story. Discuss how foreshadowing impacted your reading of the story.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay exploring the role of mothers in "Monstro." Describe the narrator, Alex, and Mysty's relationship with their mothers and discuss how these relationship develop the plot.

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