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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 225 - 269).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What repartee does Danticat take up with Joseph when she finally gets to speak to him on the phone in the section titled "Tomorrow"?
(a) She calls him her old nickname for him, which is Joe.
(b) She keeps telling him about her baby.
(c) She keeps repeating that he will get to go home soon.
(d) She calls him affectionate names like my heart.

2. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?
(a) She told him she wanted to have another baby.
(b) She told him she wanted to leave him.
(c) She spoke to the man who was the father of her baby, asking him to admit she was his.
(d) She asked him for more money to run the household.

3. Who is Maxo's son?
(a) Nick.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Stephan.
(d) Joshua.

4. What phrase did Joseph say during Danticat's childhood when he was close to death?
(a) What will be will be.
(b) Let the stars fall.
(c) God loves us all.
(d) Seize the day.

5. How does Marie Micheline die?
(a) She dies of cancer.
(b) She dies in childbirth.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She reportedly dies of a heart attack in the midst of a violent outbreak in her neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joseph come to New York in the summer of 1983?

2. Why does Danticat suspect Joseph was treated so badly by U.S. Customs and Immigration officials?

3. How does Danticat refer to her grandfather?

4. Who does Danticat's father run his car service with?

5. What drug is Danticat's father prescribed that he decides not to take?

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