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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 was Danticat's first experience of intense jealousy?
(a) Seeing how Joseph seemed to prefer Marie Micheline to her.
(b) Seeing how her father doted on her brother Bob.
(c) Seeing her mother and Bob asleep, cuddled together, when Bob was a baby.
(d) Seeing how her mother preferred all of her brothers to her.

2. What does Mira tell the children about the fire escape?
(a) It has magical powers.
(b) Never to go out on it.
(c) It is a very American thing.
(d) It is completely unnecessary.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Tante Denise and Uncle Joseph so upset with the neighbors across the street in 1974?

2. Who does Danticat share a bunk bed with in Joseph's house?

3. What are some of the side effects of Danticat's treatment for her illness in 1980?

4. How does Marie Micheline die?

5. What does Joseph do at Melina's funeral?

(see the answer key)

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