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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. Where did Mysty want to move once she graduated?

2. What did Alex think a photograph had the potential to do?

3. What was Alex's GPA at school?

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

5. Where does the narrator first meet Mysty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Monstro" takes place in an unspecified time in the future. What details indicate the timeframe? When do you think the story takes place? Why do you think the author did not specify the exact time?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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