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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. How long after Danticat's father leaves for the United States does her mother follow him?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 2years.
(d) 4 years.

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

3. How old is Danticat when she becomes pregnant for the first time?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

4. What does Tante Denise do right before Danticat and Bob leave for the United States?
(a) Packs food for them to take on the airplane.
(b) Gives them each letters for every day of the year they will be gone.
(c) Kisses them and runs into her room, unable to bear watching them leave.
(d) Blesses them with holy water.

5. Which book does Danticat cherish as a child?
(a) Frog and Toad.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Fancy Nancy.
(d) Winnie the Pooh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new barrier to their emigration do Danticat and Bob encounter during their six months of medical treatment in 1980?

3. What does Danticat's father give her on her second day in the United States?

4. What is Tante Denise known for wearing throughout her life?

5. Where does Joseph meet Denise for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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