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

2. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?

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

4. What was Alex's GPA at school?

5. What type of camera does Alex use?

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 does Alex not see his parents very often?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Read an online review of "Monstro." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Diaz's decision to tell the story using first person point-of-view from the narrator's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

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