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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. Where does Joseph have his major throat surgery?
(a) In Port-au-Prince.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Cape Town.
(d) In Los Angeles.

2. What kind of car does Danticat's father pick her up from the airport in in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?
(a) A Prius.
(b) A Corvette.
(c) A Lincoln Town Car.
(d) A Sonata.

3. What does Danticat's brother Karl say when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) He tells her it is the best news he has ever heard from her.
(b) He tells her to rethink her decision to have a baby.
(c) He tells her she will never be on time for anything again and she will not sleep for a long time.
(d) He tells her he will help her raise the baby.

4. What is Danticat's reaction to seeing her parents again for the first time in many years?
(a) She does not recognize her father at first.
(b) She is angry at them.
(c) She is overjoyed to see them.
(d) She is indifferent to them.

5. What does Joseph tell Mira that science is God's way of shielding?
(a) Miracles.
(b) Progress.
(c) Magic.
(d) Good will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treat does Danticat remember getting on the street with Joseph when she was a child?

2. What does Marie Micheline name her baby?

3. Why are Tante Denise and Uncle Joseph so upset with the neighbors across the street in 1974?

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

5. What does Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?

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