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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. 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 Haitian riot police person.
(b) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.
(c) A New York City police person.
(d) A United Nations worker.

2. Who does Danticat share a bunk bed with in Joseph's house?
(a) Bob.
(b) Granme Melina.
(c) Marie Micheline.
(d) Liline.

3. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape for?
(a) A terrace.
(b) A link between their apartment and their neighbors.
(c) A set of stairs for the pet cat and dog.
(d) The apartment's back steps.

4. What hurtful question does Kelly ask Danicat and Bob their first night in the United States?
(a) Whether they are adopted.
(b) If they are staying or not.
(c) If their parents will love them as much as they love Kelly and Karl.
(d) If they are really black.

5. Which person was sworn in as president of Haiti in 1991?
(a) Papa Doc Duvalier.
(b) Daniel Fignole.
(c) Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
(d) Baby Doc Duvalier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the neighborhood gangs and the neighbors do to Joseph's house?

2. What does Bob tell Mira about Joseph's mood when they had left Haiti?

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

4. Why does Joseph tell Danticat he and Tante Denise will not choose to leave Haiti despite all the violence in the early 1990s?

5. How does Joseph convince Maxo to leave him there in his house after all the violence in October 2004?

(see the answer key)

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