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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. Why did Alex want to go to Haiti?

2. Which of Mysty's family members did Alex tell the narrator had raped her?

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

4. What does the narrator say was Mysty's "protective screen" (9)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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