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

2. Who decides to go into Bel Air and help get Joseph to safety in the fall of 2004?
(a) Tante Zi.
(b) Bob.
(c) Maxo.
(d) Mira.

3. 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?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Krome, a detention center.
(c) They were sent back to Haiti immediately.
(d) A state prison.

4. What is the name of the doctor who sees Danticat's father?
(a) Dr. Janker.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Padman.
(d) Dr. Forent.

5. Where do Maxo and the rest of Joseph's family reluctantly leave Bel Air for in October 2004?
(a) New York.
(b) Leogane.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Port-au-Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which neighbor of Joseph's comes to his house to warn him he is in danger from the neighbors?

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

3. What breaks when Joseph meets Denise for the first time?

4. What does Danticat's father decide on his drive to the airport to pick her and Bob up on the first day they arrive into the country from Haiti?

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

(see the answer key)

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