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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 Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?
(a) He has given birth to her by freeing her.
(b) She can not come home with him.
(c) She wants to leave Ruth with him.
(d) She will never be able to repay him.

2. What is Danticat's father's nickname, Mira, short for?
(a) Miranole, which is a traditional Danticat family name.
(b) Mirror, which her father was fascinated with as a baby.
(c) Miracle, which is what his mother called him.
(d) Miracin, his middle name.

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

4. Where do Joseph and Maxo fly into in the fall of 2004 in the United States?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Miami.
(d) Washington D.C.

5. What does Leone, Tante Denise's sister, say about the shooting outside Denise's funeral?
(a) Leone says Denise would have been horrified at the shooting.
(b) Leone says the shooting was disrespectful.
(c) Leone wonders why there was shooting since Denise was neither in the military or the police force.
(d) Leone says the shooting is proof the neighborhood is unsafe now.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joseph choose not to use his voice box often during the last days of October 2004?

2. What is the welcome meal that Danticat's parents cook for her and Bob when they arrive in the United States?

3. What does the quote that Danticat uses to start Part Two of the book say that a brother is born for?

4. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?

5. What was Marie Micheline studying in 1974?

(see the answer key)

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