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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 Danticat's brother Kelly remind her of when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) That she told him she would move back to Brooklyn if she had a child.
(b) That in high school, Danticat told him she never wanted to get married or have children so she could write her books.
(c) That she told him she always wanted to be a mother.
(d) That she told him she always wanted to have twins.

2. 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?
(a) He would never work for anyone else again.
(b) He would make sure they each had a bedroom of their own.
(c) He would get a very well-paid job in finance.
(d) He would move the family back to Haiti.

3. What treat does Danticat remember getting on the street with Joseph when she was a child?
(a) Churros.
(b) Grilled cheese sandwiches.
(c) Ice sweetened with syrup.
(d) Crepes.

4. 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.

5. 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) Kisses them and runs into her room, unable to bear watching them leave.
(c) Blesses them with holy water.
(d) Packs food for them to take on the airplane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Aristide leave office less than a year after being sworn in in 1991?

3. Who is the baby Danticat's mother brings to Haiti with her in 1976?

4. Where does Danticat's brother Kelly live?

5. What organization is Marie Micheline's husband a member of?

(see the answer key)

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