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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. What does Danticat's father have to say about having only children?
(a) Only children are the happiest.
(b) Only children are spoiled.
(c) God did not make us with one eye.
(d) Only children are vulnerable.

2. What is the welcome meal that Danticat's parents cook for her and Bob when they arrive in the United States?
(a) Rice and beans, fried plantains, and stewed chicken.
(b) Pork roast.
(c) Mustard greens, fried chicken, and grapes.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

3. What does the head of the neighborhood gang threaten to do to Joseph if he can not come up with the money they are asking for?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Cut his head off.
(c) Poison him.
(d) Stab him.

4. What do the neighborhood gangs and the neighbors do to Joseph's house?
(a) Burn it down.
(b) Load it with filth so it is uninhabitable.
(c) Loot it.
(d) Paint it with graffiti.

5. What is the name of Danticat's father's cab?
(a) A gypsy cab.
(b) A checkered cab.
(c) A daisy cab.
(d) A flowered cab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the young men of the neighborhood demand of Joseph to make amends for what they think are his crimes?

2. What do the neighborhood gangs do to Joseph's church?

3. What kind of food does the Customs and Border Patrol personnel give to Joseph initially?

4. What earlier historical tragedy does the asylum system and process sometimes remind Danticat of?

5. Who was secretly pregnant in 1974?

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