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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. How tall was Alex?
2. What did Mysty say she was more interested in having than a boyfriend?
3. What type of camera does Alex use?
4. Where did Alex's mother go every week to shop?
5. What was Alex's GPA at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Mysty and the narrator's mother react when he suggests he may take a semester off to stay in the D.R.?
2. What part of Alex's past does the narrator attribute to his playing down his wealth while at Brown?
3. Why did the narrator think Mysty and Alex may have been more than friends at some point?
4. Where did Mysty dream of moving one day? What did she plan to do there?
5. What does Alex tell the narrator about Mysty's father? How does the narrator feel about this news?
6. What did Alex do when a farmer in Bani found an unexploded bomb on his farm?
7. Why does Alex not see his parents very often?
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. Unlike Alex, who wanted to change everyone with his art, what was the narrator's ambition?
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
In what ways in "Monstro" a commentary on international response (or lack thereof) to devastation of poorer communities, in this case, Haiti?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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