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

2. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?

3. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about why you think the narrator, Alex, and Mysty are drawn to one another.

Essay Topic 2

Superstition plays a role in "Monstro" when people try to find reason for the infections. Write an essay exploring the role of superstition in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the narrator and Alex in "Monstro." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

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