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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (pages 1 - 57).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Uncle Joseph meet his wife, Tante Denise?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1970.

2. Where does Danticat tell her parents she is pregnant?
(a) At their house, over dinner.
(b) In a hospital waiting room.
(c) In a park.
(d) In the car on the way to the airport.

3. What are Papa Doc's militia men called?
(a) Foot Soldiers.
(b) Bel Airs.
(c) Martyrs.
(d) Macoutes.

4. What does Joseph name his church?
(a) The Christian Church of Redemption.
(b) Our Holy Mother of Port-au-Prince.
(c) The National Church of Haiti.
(d) The Savior of Bel Air.

5. Where does Danticat move to in the early 2000s?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Miami.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the American doctors say in 1978 about Uncle Joseph's health problem?

2. What does Danticat's mother say when she mishears something?

3. What were the shirts sent to Haiti from the U.S. in the 1960s called?

4. What breaks when Joseph meets Denise for the first time?

5. Where does Joseph meet Denise for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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