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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 hurtful question does Kelly ask Danicat and Bob their first night in the United States?
(a) If they are staying or not.
(b) Whether they are adopted.
(c) If their parents will love them as much as they love Kelly and Karl.
(d) If they are really black.

2. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?
(a) Mount Sinai Hospital.
(b) Cooks County Hospital.
(c) A Haitian herbal clinic.
(d) Kings County Hospital.

3. What does Joseph carry under his arm when he visits Mira in the hospital in 2004?
(a) An oxygen tank.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A pack of cigarettes.
(d) A Bible.

4. Who does Joseph often take with him on errands following his throat surgery?
(a) Tante Denise.
(b) One of his church congregants.
(c) One of the children.
(d) One of the neighbors.

5. How does Joseph convince Maxo to leave him there in his house after all the violence in October 2004?
(a) He tells Maxo he will follow in a month's time.
(b) He gives Maxo a large sum of money.
(c) He tells Maxo the neighbors might be capable of killing the children.
(d) He tells Maxo he had a terrible vision where Maxo is killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?

2. Where do Danticat's parents and extended family live in the U.S.?

3. What drug is Danticat's father prescribed that he decides not to take?

4. Which book does Danticat cherish as a child?

5. Where does Danticat move to in the early 2000s?

(see the answer key)

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