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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 would Mysty rather die than admit to having according to the narrator?

2. What does the narrator say was Mysty's "protective screen" (9)?

3. What type of camera does Alex use?

4. How tall was Alex?

5. What are some things Mysty picked on the narrator for when they first met?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about why you think the narrator, Alex, and Mysty are drawn to one another.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the story's themes?

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