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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 the doctor say when Danticat asks if her father would be a candidate for a lung transplant?
(a) Her father is too sick.
(b) Her father is too old.
(c) Her father is too poor.
(d) Her father would be a good candidate for a transplant, but the waiting list is very long.

2. What street does Danticat live on as a child in New York?
(a) Queens Boulevard.
(b) Flatbush Avenue.
(c) The Bronx Expressway.
(d) Flatiron Avenue.

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

4. What does Bob do when he sees his mother for the first time in many years?
(a) Turns away because he does not recognize her.
(b) Yells at her for leaving him.
(c) Immediately runs to her and kisses her.
(d) Shyly asks if she remembers him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was secretly pregnant in 1974?

2. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?

3. Who is Maxo's son?

4. What were the shirts sent to Haiti from the U.S. in the 1960s called?

5. What does Bob tell Mira about Joseph's mood when they had left Haiti?

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