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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 Danticat tell her parents she is pregnant?
(a) In the car on the way to the airport.
(b) In a park.
(c) In a hospital waiting room.
(d) At their house, over dinner.

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

3. Why was there no wake for Tante Denise?
(a) Wakes are not part of Haitian culture.
(b) Joseph feared the gangs in the neighborhood might storm the house during a wake.
(c) Joseph was too sad to hold a wake for Denise.
(d) Denise had to be buried too quickly for a wake.

4. What is Danticat's husband's name?
(a) Michael.
(b) Fedo.
(c) Rafael.
(d) Bob.

5. What treat does Danticat remember getting on the street with Joseph when she was a child?
(a) Ice sweetened with syrup.
(b) Grilled cheese sandwiches.
(c) Crepes.
(d) Churros.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say when Danticat asks if her father would be a candidate for a lung transplant?

2. What were the shirts sent to Haiti from the U.S. in the 1960s called?

3. What does Danticat's father give her on her second day in the United States?

4. How does Joseph look different to Danticat when she meets him at the airport in 1983?

5. What kind of record does Joseph listen to in 1978 as he gets ready for the day?

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