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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 was Henri Casimir doing which concerned his wife?

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

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

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

5. Where is Dr. Noni DeGraff from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing the title "Monstro." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.

Essay Topic 2

"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 3

Write an essay about the author of "Monstro." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Monstro" similar or different from his previous works?

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