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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 age is Danticat when she moves in with Uncle Joseph and Tante Denise?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

2. Where do Joseph and Maxo fly into in the fall of 2004 in the United States?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Boston.
(d) Miami.

3. What does Danticat's father give her on her second day in the United States?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A fountain pen.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A phone.

4. What does the quote that Danticat uses to start Part Two of the book say that a brother is born for?
(a) Love.
(b) Frienship.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Adversity.

5. Who does Danticat share a bunk bed with in Joseph's house?
(a) Granme Melina.
(b) Marie Micheline.
(c) Bob.
(d) Liline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Maxo and the rest of Joseph's family reluctantly leave Bel Air for in October 2004?

2. What is the result of Danticat's and Bob's physical?

3. What story does Tante Denise tell Danticat the last time Danticat visits her in Haiti?

4. Which politician does Joseph admire in the 1950s?

5. What does Mira tell the children about the fire escape?

(see the answer key)

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