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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 does Marie Micheline die?
(a) She is shot.
(b) She dies in childbirth.
(c) She dies of cancer.
(d) She reportedly dies of a heart attack in the midst of a violent outbreak in her neighborhood.

2. What does Danticat's mother make for her before she leaves for the United States?
(a) 10 new dresses.
(b) 3 pairs of new shoes.
(c) A month's worth of food.
(d) 5 new paintings.

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

4. What disease does Danticat's father Mira suffer from?
(a) Liver Disease.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Pulmonary Fibrosis.
(d) Throat Cancer.

5. What does Danticat's brother Bob tell her about their mother's feelings on how Danticat reveals her pregnancy to her parents?
(a) She thinks Danticat should have told them of her pregnancy much earlier.
(b) She does not like how Danticat told them she was pregnant.
(c) She thinks Danticat should have kept the pregnancy secret for longer.
(d) She feels like Danticat should have made more of a formal announcement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?

2. How does Joseph look different to Danticat when she meets him at the airport in 1983?

3. What drug is Danticat's father prescribed that he decides not to take?

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

5. Where does Danticat go with her father before his doctor's appointment in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?

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