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

2. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?
(a) Headphones.
(b) Bottles of water.
(c) Haitian food.
(d) Compression stockings.

3. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?
(a) Kings County Hospital.
(b) Cooks County Hospital.
(c) A Haitian herbal clinic.
(d) Mount Sinai Hospital.

4. How does Joseph look different to Danticat when she meets him at the airport in 1983?
(a) He looks ill.
(b) He has gained some weight and somehow looks shorter.
(c) He looks very thin.
(d) He looks taller and stronger.

5. Where does Danticat go with her father before his doctor's appointment in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?
(a) To a fortune-teller.
(b) To an acupuncturist.
(c) To a video store.
(d) To an herbalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danticat's father decide on his drive to the airport to pick her and Bob up on the first day they arrive into the country from Haiti?

2. What breaks when Joseph meets Denise for the first time?

3. What is Danticat's reaction to seeing her parents again for the first time in many years?

4. What does Tante Zi do when Danticat tells her about her and Bob's illness?

5. What treat does Danticat remember getting on the street with Joseph when she was a child?

(see the answer key)

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