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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. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?
(a) He is very hungry from the flight.
(b) He wants to please their parents.
(c) He has a glycemic disorder.
(d) He never liked the food that Tante Denise had cooked.

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

3. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?
(a) Bob.
(b) Danticat.
(c) Karl.
(d) Kelly.

4. What is the result of Danticat's and Bob's physical?
(a) They are found to be infected with a dangerous parasite.
(b) They are found to be infected with Tuberculosis.
(c) Danticat has Influenza.
(d) They are in perfect health.

5. Why does Joseph come to New York in the summer of 1983?
(a) To take Danticat back to Haiti with him.
(b) To immigrate there permanently.
(c) For a medical checkup.
(d) For a religious visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the cruel neighbors say to Joseph after his throat surgery?

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

3. What does Tante Zi do when Danticat tells her about her and Bob's illness?

4. What do the American doctors say in 1978 about Uncle Joseph's health problem?

5. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?

(see the answer key)

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