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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 Joseph do at Melina's funeral?
(a) He mouths the word good-bye.
(b) He writes a sermon for the priest to deliver.
(c) He sings a song.
(d) He can not bear to be at the service so he waits outside.

2. What does Joseph suggest to Danticat before he leaves to go back to Haiti in September 2004 that could help Mira?
(a) He suggests Danticat ask her church friends to pray for Mira.
(b) He suggests that Danticat bring a Haitian doctor to New York that could help Mira.
(c) He suggests Danticat try an herbal remedy on Mira that he brought from Haiti.
(d) He suggests Danticat take Mira to physical therapy every other day.

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

4. Who does Danticat share a bunk bed with in Joseph's house?
(a) Granme Melina.
(b) Liline.
(c) Bob.
(d) Marie Micheline.

5. What does Mira say he would have liked to have done if he did not drive a taxi?
(a) Be an undertaker or a grocer.
(b) Be an engineer.
(c) Be a writer.
(d) Be a tailor.

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

3. How does Marie Micheline die?

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

5. What drug is Danticat's father prescribed that he decides not to take?

(see the answer key)

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