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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. Where did Mysty want to move once she graduated?

2. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?

3. Where would Mysty often pick the narrator up to bring him to Alex's?

4. What did the narrator begin to consider doing in order to stay on the Island an try to get close to Mysty?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Monstro" takes place in an unspecified time in the future. What details indicate the timeframe? When do you think the story takes place? Why do you think the author did not specify the exact time?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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