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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Diaz describe the way in which the infection spread?
(a) A lighting strike.
(b) A slow molasses pour.
(c) A slow leprous spread.
(d) A thunderous blast.

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

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

4. What was the narrator doing when "the world came to an end" (1)?
(a) Studying for finals.
(b) Chasing a girl.
(c) Applying for jobs.
(d) Volunteering in Haiti.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the situation with the narrator's mom when the "world came to an end" (1)?

2. Where was the narrator's mother living before moving back to the Dominican Republic?

3. What did the narrator tell Alex's friends he was hoping to become?

4. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

5. Who does the narrator believe were the only people he knew paying attention to the infections in Haiti at first?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it easy to blame the heat on the outbreak of La Negrura?

2. What are some the strange behaviors the infected displayed months after the initial outbreak?

3. Why did the narrator's mother initially come back to the Dominican Republic after living in Brooklyn?

4. Is the narrator being honest when he says his mother did not really want him around her when she was sick? Explain.

5. How did people first react to La Negrura, according to the narrator at the start of the story?

6. Who is Alex? How does he know the narrator? In what ways are they different?

7. Why did interest in La Negrura wane fairly soon after the initial infection?

8. How did the narrator's mother and aunt feel about the situation in Haiti?

9. What did Alex tell his friends when he introduced them to the narrator? How did his friends react when the narrator told them what he was hoping to become?

10. How did the narrator react when he first heard of La Negrura? What was he more occupied with at the time?

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