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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 were the shirts sent to Haiti from the U.S. in the 1960s called?
(a) Eisenhowers.
(b) Kennedys.
(c) Nixons.
(d) Carters.

2. Why does the morgue manager tell Danticat she should not see Joseph's body?
(a) She is pregnant and has a live in her, so she has no place with the dead.
(b) She is black, so she is not allowed into the morgue.
(c) She is young, and it is bad luck for the young to view the dead.
(d) She is a woman, so she can not view the dead.

3. What is the name of the doctor who sees Danticat's father?
(a) Dr. Forent.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Padman.
(d) Dr. Janker.

4. Where does Danticat's brother Kelly live?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) California.
(d) Iowa.

5. Which person was sworn in as president of Haiti in 1991?
(a) Daniel Fignole.
(b) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(c) Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
(d) Papa Doc Duvalier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Danticat's brothers immediately hugs her when she arrives in the United States at the family's apartment?

2. Who helps make the arrangements for Tante Denise's funeral?

3. What does Danticat do by accident that causes her father to feel terribly chilled for hours afterwards?

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

5. What hospital is Joseph taken to in the United States in the fall of 2004?

(see the answer key)

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