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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumors began to spread about infected people?

2. How did Alex make money?

3. What was the other name for La Negrura?

4. Where did the narrator meet Alex?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the narrator's family's economic status has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if his family were wealthy? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the story and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the narrator and Alex in "Monstro." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

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