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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 is Marie Micheline's husband's name?
(a) Pressoir.
(b) Pradel.
(c) Stephan.
(d) Nick.

2. What were the shirts sent to Haiti from the U.S. in the 1960s called?
(a) Nixons.
(b) Carters.
(c) Kennedys.
(d) Eisenhowers.

3. What does the doctor say when Danticat asks if her father would be a candidate for a lung transplant?
(a) Her father is too old.
(b) Her father is too poor.
(c) Her father is too sick.
(d) Her father would be a good candidate for a transplant, but the waiting list is very long.

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

5. What does Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?
(a) She wants to leave Ruth with him.
(b) He has given birth to her by freeing her.
(c) She will never be able to repay him.
(d) She can not come home with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the young men of the neighborhood demand of Joseph to make amends for what they think are his crimes?

2. Who is Maxo's son?

3. What does the man at the American consulate say to Danticat that she thinks is terrible?

4. What complication does Danticat find out she has in her pregnancy?

5. Where does Joseph go after leaving the first neighbor's house he takes refuge in in October 2004?

(see the answer key)

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