1. What is Danticat's reaction to seeing her parents again for the first time in many years?
(a) She does not recognize her father at first.
(b) She is indifferent to them.
(c) She is overjoyed to see them.
(d) She is angry at them.

2. What does Joseph suggest to Danticat before he leaves to go back to Haiti in September 2004 that could help Mira?
(a) He suggests Danticat ask her church friends to pray for Mira.
(b) He suggests Danticat take Mira to physical therapy every other day.
(c) He suggests that Danticat bring a Haitian doctor to New York that could help Mira.
(d) He suggests Danticat try an herbal remedy on Mira that he brought from Haiti.

3. Who calls Danticat to tell her where Joseph is in the fall of 2004, after she is worried that she has not heard from him when he should have arrived in the United States?
(a) A United Nations worker.
(b) A Haitian riot police person.
(c) A New York City police person.
(d) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.

4. Why are Tante Denise and Uncle Joseph so upset with the neighbors across the street in 1974?
(a) They made fun of Joseph's loss of voice.
(b) They robbed them of some money.
(c) They skipped Melina's funeral.
(d) Their son, the father of Marie Micheline's baby, does not admit he is the father.

5. Why does Joseph tell U.S. immigration officials he is requesting asylum?
(a) He has grown tired of Haiti.
(b) People burned his church and he fears for his life.
(c) His religion is persecuted in Haiti.
(d) He committed a political crime and can not go back to Haiti.