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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 170 - 224).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which airline does Danticat call in the fall of 2004 to try to get information about Joseph?
(a) Norwegian Air.
(b) Virgin Airlines.
(c) American Airlines.
(d) United Airlines.

2. When do Danticat's parents reappear in Haiti again after leaving her with Joseph and Denise?
(a) May 1981.
(b) October 1976.
(c) September 1978.
(d) June 1980.

3. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?
(a) She told him she wanted to leave him.
(b) She told him she wanted to have another baby.
(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.

4. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?
(a) Karl.
(b) Danticat.
(c) Bob.
(d) Kelly.

5. What is Danticat's husband's name?
(a) Rafael.
(b) Bob.
(c) Fedo.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Maxo and the rest of Joseph's family reluctantly leave Bel Air for in October 2004?

2. How does Marie Micheline die?

3. Why do some of Joseph's neighbors turn on him so violently after October 24, 2004?

4. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?

5. Why does Joseph tell U.S. immigration officials he is requesting asylum?

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