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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 170 - 224).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?
(a) Bottles of water.
(b) Headphones.
(c) Haitian food.
(d) Compression stockings.

2. Which book does Danticat cherish as a child?
(a) Frog and Toad.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Fancy Nancy.
(d) Winnie the Pooh.

3. Who was secretly pregnant in 1974?
(a) Danticat's mother.
(b) Tante Denise.
(c) Tante Zi.
(d) Marie Micheline.

4. Who calls Danticat to tell her where Joseph is in the fall of 2004, after she is worried that she has not heard from him when he should have arrived in the United States?
(a) A Haitian riot police person.
(b) A United Nations worker.
(c) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.
(d) A New York City police person.

5. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?
(a) Karl.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Bob.
(d) Danticat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What earlier historical tragedy does the asylum system and process sometimes remind Danticat of?

2. How much money does Joseph have with him when he is detained in the United states in the fall of 2004?

3. What does Joseph do at Melina's funeral?

4. What is Danticat's husband's name?

5. Where does an immigration agent tell Danticat that Joseph and Maxo were taken to in the fall of 2004 upon their arrival in the United States?

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