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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 was Mira's first apprenticeship in Haiti?
(a) As an engineer.
(b) As a blacksmith.
(c) As a cobbler.
(d) As a tailor.

2. What does Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?
(a) She can not come home with him.
(b) She wants to leave Ruth with him.
(c) He has given birth to her by freeing her.
(d) She will never be able to repay him.

3. What is the name of the officer who took down all of Joseph's information for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol?
(a) Officer Smith.
(b) Officer Sandrine.
(c) Officer Reyes.
(d) Officer Zero.

4. What does Leone, Tante Denise's sister, say about the shooting outside Denise's funeral?
(a) Leone says the shooting is proof the neighborhood is unsafe now.
(b) Leone wonders why there was shooting since Denise was neither in the military or the police force.
(c) Leone says the shooting was disrespectful.
(d) Leone says Denise would have been horrified at the shooting.

5. Why was there no wake for Tante Denise?
(a) Joseph feared the gangs in the neighborhood might storm the house during a wake.
(b) Wakes are not part of Haitian culture.
(c) Denise had to be buried too quickly for a wake.
(d) Joseph was too sad to hold a wake for Denise.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?

3. What age is Danticat when she moves in with Uncle Joseph and Tante Denise?

4. What are Papa Doc's militia men called?

5. How old is Danticat when she becomes pregnant for the first time?

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