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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. Where do Danticat's parents and extended family live in the U.S.?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Miami.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Boston.

2. Where do Joseph and Denise build their first house?
(a) The Southern countryside in Haiti.
(b) The Northern countryside in Haiti.
(c) Bel Air.
(d) A neighborhood near Port-au-Prince harbor.

3. What is the name of Danticat's father's cab?
(a) A daisy cab.
(b) A flowered cab.
(c) A checkered cab.
(d) A gypsy cab.

4. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?
(a) They are really spies from space.
(b) They are really their cousins.
(c) They are really going back to Haiti in a few months.
(d) They are really special Haitian security agents.

5. What is Marie Micheline's husband's name?
(a) Pradel.
(b) Pressoir.
(c) Stephan.
(d) Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the quote that Danticat uses to start Part Two of the book say that a brother is born for?

2. What was Marie Micheline studying in 1974?

3. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?

4. How old is Danticat's father in 2004?

5. How does Marie Micheline die?

(see the answer key)

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