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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 225 - 269).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Danticat's reaction to seeing her parents again for the first time in many years?
(a) She is indifferent to them.
(b) She is angry at them.
(c) She does not recognize her father at first.
(d) She is overjoyed to see them.

2. How did Danticat discover that U.S. officials determined the ages of some of the immigrants seeking asylum?
(a) By asking them for their papers.
(b) By taking X-rays of their bones.
(c) By examining their teeth.
(d) By drawing blood.

3. Why was Joseph's lawyer prevented from continuing his asylum hearing after he was taken to a clinic?
(a) He was told it was against the rules.
(b) He was told Joseph would be deported now.
(c) He was told the hearing had been set for the wrong date in the first place.
(d) He was told sick people had no rights.

4. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?
(a) She told him she wanted to leave him.
(b) She told him she wanted to have another baby.
(c) She asked him for more money to run the household.
(d) She spoke to the man who was the father of her baby, asking him to admit she was his.

5. Why does Aristide leave office less than a year after being sworn in in 1991?
(a) He is challenged and beaten in a democratic election by an opponent.
(b) He is ousted in a military coup.
(c) He is ill and must step down.
(d) There is a corruption scandal and he is forced to resign in disgrace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Joseph during his asylum hearing?

2. What is the result of Danticat's and Bob's physical?

3. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?

4. Where is Joseph's funeral eventually held?

5. What happens to Danticat's parents' house a few months after her father dies?

(see the answer key)

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