View a FREE sample

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 is "the most beautiful country in the world" (10)?

2. During what time does Casimir consistently wander in the direction of the quarantine zone?

3. When discussing his friendship with Mysty, the narrator says he spoke as if someone had overdosed him with what?

4. How tall was Alex?

5. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Diaz's language style and word choice in "Monstro." What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the narrator's family's economic status has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if his family were wealthy? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 703 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample