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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 organization is Marie Micheline's husband a member of?
(a) The biggest Christian church in town.
(b) The Macoutes.
(c) The resistance.
(d) The Aristide government.

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

3. What does Danticat's brother Kelly remind her of when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) That she told him she always wanted to be a mother.
(b) That she told him she would move back to Brooklyn if she had a child.
(c) That she told him she always wanted to have twins.
(d) That in high school, Danticat told him she never wanted to get married or have children so she could write her books.

4. What does Danticat's mother say when she mishears something?
(a) Your voice has not reached my ear.
(b) You must speak louder.
(c) Stop Mumbling!
(d) What did the white man say?

5. What new barrier to their emigration do Danticat and Bob encounter during their six months of medical treatment in 1980?
(a) The United States bars all immigrants from Haiti.
(b) Danticat gets another illness.
(c) Mira loses his job, which he needs in order to be able to bring his children to the U.S.
(d) The Haitian government forbids anyone to emigrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Danticat's father's nickname, Mira, short for?

2. What are Papa Doc's militia men called?

3. What is Danticat's reaction to seeing her parents again for the first time in many years?

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

5. How old is Danticat when she becomes pregnant for the first time?

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