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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. Why does Joseph tell U.S. immigration officials he is requesting asylum?
(a) He has grown tired of Haiti.
(b) People burned his church and he fears for his life.
(c) His religion is persecuted in Haiti.
(d) He committed a political crime and can not go back to Haiti.

2. What do the neighborhood gangs do to Joseph's church?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Bulldoze it.
(c) Mark it with graffiti.
(d) Take it over as their headquarters.

3. What does the quote that Danticat uses to start Part Two of the book say that a brother is born for?
(a) Love.
(b) Frienship.
(c) Adversity.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What is the name of Danticat's father's cab?
(a) A daisy cab.
(b) A gypsy cab.
(c) A flowered cab.
(d) A checkered cab.

5. What does Danticat's brother Bob tell her about their mother's feelings on how Danticat reveals her pregnancy to her parents?
(a) She thinks Danticat should have kept the pregnancy secret for longer.
(b) She does not like how Danticat told them she was pregnant.
(c) She feels like Danticat should have made more of a formal announcement.
(d) She thinks Danticat should have told them of her pregnancy much earlier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape for?

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

3. Who is Tante Denise's mother?

4. In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?

5. What do some of the cruel neighbors say to Joseph after his throat surgery?

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