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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 story does Tante Denise tell Danticat the last time Danticat visits her in Haiti?
(a) The Angel of Death and Father God.
(b) The Old Goat and the Young Ram.
(c) The Snake and the Badger.
(d) The House With the Golden Windows.

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

3. Who helps make the arrangements for Tante Denise's funeral?
(a) A neighbor named Fernal.
(b) Danticat's cousin Richard.
(c) American missionaries from the church.
(d) Pressoir.

4. What does Tante Denise think Marie Micheline really died from?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Fright.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

5. Where does Danticat's brother Kelly live?
(a) California.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Danticat tell her parents she is pregnant?

2. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?

3. What does Mira say he would have liked to have done if he did not drive a taxi?

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

5. When does Uncle Joseph meet his wife, Tante Denise?

(see the answer key)

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