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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. When discussing his friendship with Mysty, the narrator says he spoke as if someone had overdosed him with what?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Truth serum.
(c) Sleeping pills.
(d) Amphetamines.

2. What did the narrator realize about Alex after spending time with him on the Island?
(a) He was even wealthier than he thought.
(b) He was a prince.
(c) He was not very smart.
(d) He was not actually rich.

3. What type of camera does Alex use?
(a) A Panasonic.
(b) A Nikon.
(c) A Pentax.
(d) A Polaroid.

4. What does Mysty say when the narrator expresses an interest in staying on the Island?
(a) Please do!
(b) I don't blame you.
(c) It's awful here.
(d) I would love that.

5. What does Alex say when the narrator ask if he and Mysty had ever had a relationship?
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Of course.
(c) Not yet.
(d) She is like my sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex say is "the most beautiful country in the world" (10)?

2. Why did Alex want to go to Haiti?

3. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?

4. Why does Alex say the narrator would not last long on the Island?

5. Despite his good qualities, to whom was Alex often rude?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the narrator think Mysty and Alex may have been more than friends at some point?

2. What did Alex do when a farmer in Bani found an unexploded bomb on his farm?

3. Why does Alex want to go to Haiti once La Negrura hit?

4. What does the reader learn of Mysty's backstory after he says much of his memory of her was lost after the Fall?

5. What does the narrator think about Mysty the first time they meet? Why does Mysty pick on the narrator?

6. Where did Mysty dream of moving one day? What did she plan to do there?

7. What part of Alex's past does the narrator attribute to his playing down his wealth while at Brown?

8. Why does Alex not see his parents very often?

9. Unlike Alex, who wanted to change everyone with his art, what was the narrator's ambition?

10. What does Alex tell the narrator about Mysty's father? How does the narrator feel about this news?

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