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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 did Alex think a photograph had the potential to do?

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

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

4. With whom did Alex seem to spend most of this time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

"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 3

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

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