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

2. Where does Joseph have his major throat surgery?
(a) In Los Angeles.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Port-au-Prince.
(d) In Cape Town.

3. Where do Danticat's parents and extended family live in the U.S.?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Miami.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which politician does Joseph admire in the 1950s?

3. What disease does Danticat's father Mira suffer from?

4. What does the doctor say when Danticat asks if her father would be a candidate for a lung transplant?

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

(see the answer key)

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