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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11 - 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Alex want to go to Haiti?
(a) To find his father.
(b) To photograph the infected.
(c) To try to help the infected.
(d) To donate money to local hospitals.

2. What happened to the worst cases of infections after about 6 months?
(a) They became comatose.
(b) They died.
(c) They went deaf.
(d) They went blind.

3. What strange thing happened to all infected individuals 8 months after the disease began?
(a) They stopped speaking.
(b) They went blind.
(c) They could not stop eating.
(d) They stopped sleeping.

4. Who does the narrator believe were the only people he knew paying attention to the infections in Haiti at first?
(a) His friends.
(b) His mother and aunt.
(c) Himself.
(d) His professors.

5. What word does the narrator use to describe the violence that occurred in the relocation camps near the quarantine zone?
(a) Mild.
(b) Bloody.
(c) Heart-wrenching.
(d) Massacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did the narrator come up with for Alex's photo series?

2. How does Diaz describe the way in which the infection spread?

3. Who picks the narrator up from the airport when he first arrives in the Dominican for the summer?

4. What form of currency is used in "Monstro"?

5. How long did it take before the Great Powers seemed to realize "the enormity of the situation" (13)?

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