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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alex's mother go every week to shop?
(a) Providence.
(b) Miami.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

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 darkest in recorded history.
(c) It was the longest in recorded history.
(d) It was the coldest in recorded history.

4. What rumors began to spread about infected people?
(a) They were robots.
(b) They were spies.
(c) They were devils.
(d) They were zombies.

5. Why were people not too worried about the infections in the beginning?
(a) It only seemed to affect the very sick.
(b) It only seemed to affect the very old.
(c) It only seemed to affect the very rich.
(d) It only seemed to affect the very young.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people became infected within the first couple of months?

2. What is the first thing people blame when the infections began to spread?

3. What invented word does Diaz include to refer to text messages?

4. What happened to the worst cases of infections after about 6 months?

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

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