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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 112 - 169).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What street does Danticat live on as a child in New York?
(a) The Bronx Expressway.
(b) Flatbush Avenue.
(c) Flatiron Avenue.
(d) Queens Boulevard.

2. 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 going back to Haiti in a few months.
(d) They are really their cousins.

3. What does Tante Denise die of?
(a) A massive stroke.
(b) She is shot in the crossfire in the gang violence of her neighborhood.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Cancer.

4. What are some of the side effects of Danticat's treatment for her illness in 1980?
(a) Terrible headaches.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Weight gain.
(d) Coldness, rashes, and loss of appetite.

5. When does the American Consulate write to Joseph requesting that Danticat and Bob undergo a physical to see if they can travel to the United States?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape for?

2. How many letters does Danticat write on her typewriter to Uncle Joseph?

3. What is one of Joseph's first symptoms of illness in 1977?

4. What does Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?

5. What does Liline say to Danticat and Bob when they leave for the United States?

(see the answer key)

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