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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. When do Danticat's parents reappear in Haiti again after leaving her with Joseph and Denise?
(a) May 1981.
(b) June 1980.
(c) October 1976.
(d) September 1978.

2. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?
(a) They are really their cousins.
(b) They are really special Haitian security agents.
(c) They are really spies from space.
(d) They are really going back to Haiti in a few months.

3. Which politician does Joseph admire in the 1950s?
(a) Papa Doc Duvalier.
(b) Daniel Fignole.
(c) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(d) Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

4. What drug is Danticat's father prescribed that he decides not to take?
(a) Prednisone.
(b) Oxycontin.
(c) Codeine.
(d) Tylenol.

5. In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?
(a) As a fire with no relief.
(b) As other people.
(c) As the thing you fear the most.
(d) As total isolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Danticat's first experience of intense jealousy?

2. Why does Danticat suspect Joseph was treated so badly by U.S. Customs and Immigration officials?

3. How long after Danticat's father leaves for the United States does her mother follow him?

4. What does Tante Denise think Marie Micheline really died from?

5. What does Joseph name his church?

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