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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the narrator's mother living before moving back to the Dominican Republic?
(a) Boston.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Providence.
(d) Brooklyn.

2. What term was used to describe the moment when all infected individuals let out a "bizarre shriek" (4)?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The Utterance.
(c) The Shriek.
(d) The Plep.

3. What is significant about that March when the first boy caught the infection in a camp outside of Port-Au-Prince?
(a) It was the hottest in recorded history.
(b) It was the longest in recorded history.
(c) It was the darkest in recorded history.
(d) It was the coldest in recorded history.

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

5. What interest do the narrator and Alex share, which he sense was seen as "a serious mental health disorder" (5)?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Art.
(c) History.
(d) Current Events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl the narrator was interested in?

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

3. What was the narrator doing when "the world came to an end" (1)?

4. What strange behavior among infected individuals did doctors note several months after it began?

5. Why were people not too worried about the infections in the beginning?

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