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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 does Danticat's mother make for her before she leaves for the United States?
(a) 3 pairs of new shoes.
(b) 10 new dresses.
(c) A month's worth of food.
(d) 5 new paintings.

2. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Karl.
(c) Danticat.
(d) Bob.

3. What age is Danticat when she moves in with Uncle Joseph and Tante Denise?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

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

5. How does Danticat refer to her grandfather?
(a) Grandpa Stephen.
(b) Grandpa Mira.
(c) Granpe Nozial.
(d) Granpe Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jean-Bertrand Aristide spending his exile in 2004?

2. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?

3. What kind of car does Danticat's father pick her up from the airport in in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?

4. When does Danticat find out she is pregant?

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

(see the answer key)

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