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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 does Mysty say when the narrator expresses an interest in staying on the Island?

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. What does Alex say when the narrator ask if he and Mysty had ever had a relationship?

5. Who is Alex's girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways in "Monstro" a commentary on international response (or lack thereof) to devastation of poorer communities, in this case, Haiti?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the author of "Monstro." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Monstro" similar or different from his previous works?

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