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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 do Danticat's parents reappear in Haiti again after leaving her with Joseph and Denise?
(a) June 1980.
(b) September 1978.
(c) May 1981.
(d) October 1976.

2. 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) Blesses them with holy water.
(c) Kisses them and runs into her room, unable to bear watching them leave.
(d) Packs food for them to take on the airplane.

3. When did Haitians begin arriving in Florida in large numbers by boat?
(a) The mid-1990s.
(b) The early 2000s.
(c) The early 1970s.
(d) The early 1980s.

4. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?
(a) They are really special Haitian security agents.
(b) They are really spies from space.
(c) They are really their cousins.
(d) They are really going back to Haiti in a few months.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Danticat's father's cab?

3. How did Danticat discover that U.S. officials determined the ages of some of the immigrants seeking asylum?

4. What hurtful question does Kelly ask Danicat and Bob their first night in the United States?

5. What does Bob do when he sees his mother for the first time in many years?

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