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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 112 - 169).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Danticat when she becomes pregnant for the first time?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 25.

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

3. What does Joseph carry under his arm when he visits Mira in the hospital in 2004?
(a) A pack of cigarettes.
(b) An oxygen tank.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Flowers.

4. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?
(a) She told him she wanted to leave him.
(b) She spoke to the man who was the father of her baby, asking him to admit she was his.
(c) She asked him for more money to run the household.
(d) She told him she wanted to have another baby.

5. What does Tante Zi do when Danticat tells her about her and Bob's illness?
(a) She buys their medication.
(b) She hugs them harder.
(c) She steps away immediately.
(d) She tells the rest of the town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Joseph and Denise build their first house?

2. What does Danticat's father give her on her second day in the United States?

3. What does the giant velvet painting in Danticat's childhood apartment depict?

4. What does Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?

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

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