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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 her mother preferred all of her brothers to her.
(b) Seeing how Joseph seemed to prefer Marie Micheline to her.
(c) Seeing how her father doted on her brother Bob.
(d) Seeing her mother and Bob asleep, cuddled together, when Bob was a baby.

2. Where does Joseph meet Denise for the first time?
(a) On the hills in Beausejour, Haiti.
(b) In the markets of Bel Air.
(c) In the church in Bel Air.
(d) On the street in Brooklyn.

3. Who is Maxo's son?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Nick.
(c) Stephan.
(d) Joshua.

4. Who is the baby Danticat's mother brings to Haiti with her in 1976?
(a) Bob.
(b) Karl.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Nick.

5. What does Bob tell Mira about Joseph's mood when they had left Haiti?
(a) He said Joseph had seemed indifferent.
(b) He said Joseph had seemed angry.
(c) He said Joseph had seemed sad.
(d) He said Joseph had seemed happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tante Denise's mother?

2. Where does Danticat move to in the early 2000s?

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

4. What are some of the side effects of Danticat's treatment for her illness in 1980?

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

(see the answer key)

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