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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) May 1981.
(b) October 1976.
(c) September 1978.
(d) June 1980.

2. 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 is overjoyed to see them.
(c) She is angry at them.
(d) She does not recognize her father at first.

3. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?
(a) He has a glycemic disorder.
(b) He is very hungry from the flight.
(c) He wants to please their parents.
(d) He never liked the food that Tante Denise had cooked.

4. What do some of the cruel neighbors say to Joseph after his throat surgery?
(a) They tell him no one will ever love him again.
(b) They tell him it is better that he can not talk.
(c) They ask how his wife can stand to still live with him.
(d) They call him cave neck.

5. Who took Joseph and Maxo to the airport in Haiti in the fall of 2004?
(a) Anne.
(b) Ferna.
(c) Tante Zi.
(d) Man Jou.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?

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

3. Who is Tante Zi mourning when she wears white?

4. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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