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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. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape for?
(a) A set of stairs for the pet cat and dog.
(b) A link between their apartment and their neighbors.
(c) The apartment's back steps.
(d) A terrace.

2. When do Danticat's parents reappear in Haiti again after leaving her with Joseph and Denise?
(a) September 1978.
(b) October 1976.
(c) June 1980.
(d) May 1981.

3. What does Danticat's father have to say about having only children?
(a) God did not make us with one eye.
(b) Only children are vulnerable.
(c) Only children are the happiest.
(d) Only children are spoiled.

4. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?
(a) He wants to please their parents.
(b) He never liked the food that Tante Denise had cooked.
(c) He is very hungry from the flight.
(d) He has a glycemic disorder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tante Denise known for wearing throughout her life?

2. What does Mira tell the children about the fire escape?

3. Who does Uncle Joseph want Mira to marry before Mira meets Danticat's mother?

4. What does Joseph name his church?

5. Why does Aristide leave office less than a year after being sworn in in 1991?

(see the answer key)

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