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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 does the giant velvet painting in Danticat's childhood apartment depict?
(a) The French Rvolution.
(b) George Washington and the cherry tree.
(c) The Crucifixtion.
(d) The Last Supper.

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

3. What organization is Marie Micheline's husband a member of?
(a) The Macoutes.
(b) The biggest Christian church in town.
(c) The resistance.
(d) The Aristide government.

4. What does Tante Denise think Marie Micheline really died from?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fright.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Neglect.

5. Where do Joseph and Denise build their first house?
(a) The Northern countryside in Haiti.
(b) The Southern countryside in Haiti.
(c) A neighborhood near Port-au-Prince harbor.
(d) Bel Air.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Danticat's father run his car service with?

2. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?

3. What does Joseph do at Melina's funeral?

4. What does Mira say he would have liked to have done if he did not drive a taxi?

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

(see the answer key)

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