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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. Who picks the narrator up from the airport when he first arrives in the Dominican for the summer?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mysty.
(c) Alex.
(d) His aunt.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the other name for La Negrura?

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

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

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

5. How old was the first person to have caught the infection?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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