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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 does Danticat's brother Karl say when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) He tells her to rethink her decision to have a baby.
(b) He tells her she will never be on time for anything again and she will not sleep for a long time.
(c) He tells her he will help her raise the baby.
(d) He tells her it is the best news he has ever heard from her.

2. What is the welcome meal that Danticat's parents cook for her and Bob when they arrive in the United States?
(a) Macaroni and cheese.
(b) Rice and beans, fried plantains, and stewed chicken.
(c) Mustard greens, fried chicken, and grapes.
(d) Pork roast.

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

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

5. What was Danticat's first experience of intense jealousy?
(a) Seeing how Joseph seemed to prefer Marie Micheline to her.
(b) Seeing how her father doted on her brother Bob.
(c) Seeing her mother and Bob asleep, cuddled together, when Bob was a baby.
(d) Seeing how her mother preferred all of her brothers to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of the gunfire Joseph hears in Bel Air on October 24, 2004?

2. Why does Danticat suspect Joseph was treated so badly by U.S. Customs and Immigration officials?

3. What is the name of Danticat's father's cab?

4. What street does Danticat live on as a child in New York?

5. What are some of the side effects of Danticat's treatment for her illness in 1980?

(see the answer key)

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