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

2. Where would Mysty often pick the narrator up to bring him to Alex's?

3. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?

4. What does Alex say when the narrator ask if he and Mysty had ever had a relationship?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How do Mysty and the narrator's mother react when he suggests he may take a semester off to stay in the D.R.?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the author chose to make the main characters 19 years old? What does he say about this age? What would change if they were twice as old or half as young?

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 exploring the role of mothers in "Monstro." Describe the narrator, Alex, and Mysty's relationship with their mothers and discuss how these relationship develop the plot.

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