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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. When does the American Consulate write to Joseph requesting that Danticat and Bob undergo a physical to see if they can travel to the United States?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1986.

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

3. What does Mira say he would have liked to have done if he did not drive a taxi?
(a) Be an undertaker or a grocer.
(b) Be a tailor.
(c) Be an engineer.
(d) Be a writer.

4. What does Liline say to Danticat and Bob when they leave for the United States?
(a) Good riddance.
(b) Bon voyage.
(c) Now I get your bed.
(d) See you later.

5. What does Tante Denise do right before Danticat and Bob leave for the United States?
(a) Gives them each letters for every day of the year they will be gone.
(b) Packs food for them to take on the airplane.
(c) Blesses them with holy water.
(d) Kisses them and runs into her room, unable to bear watching them leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Aristide leave office less than a year after being sworn in in 1991?

3. Who decides to go into Bel Air and help get Joseph to safety in the fall of 2004?

4. Which book does Danticat cherish as a child?

5. What does Leone, Tante Denise's sister, say about the shooting outside Denise's funeral?

(see the answer key)

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