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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (pages 58 - 111).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What treat does Danticat remember getting on the street with Joseph when she was a child?
(a) Crepes.
(b) Ice sweetened with syrup.
(c) Grilled cheese sandwiches.
(d) Churros.

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

4. What do the American doctors say in 1978 about Uncle Joseph's health problem?
(a) He will need to take insulin the rest of his life.
(b) They need to do a biopsy on his throat tumor to see if it is cancerous.
(c) He will need multiple muscular surgeries to correct his paralysis.
(d) His arm will need to be amputated.

5. Who does Joseph often take with him on errands following his throat surgery?
(a) One of his church congregants.
(b) Tante Denise.
(c) One of the children.
(d) One of the neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Danticat's parents and extended family live in the U.S.?

2. What organization is Marie Micheline's husband a member of?

3. Who was secretly pregnant in 1974?

4. Why does Danticat's father lose his job on the day they arrive in the United States from Haiti?

5. What was Marie Micheline studying in 1974?

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