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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 one of Joseph's first symptoms of illness in 1977?
(a) His voice begins to fail.
(b) His legs get weak.
(c) He experiences muscle weakness.
(d) His appetite decreases.

2. What does Leone, Tante Denise's sister, say about the shooting outside Denise's funeral?
(a) Leone wonders why there was shooting since Denise was neither in the military or the police force.
(b) Leone says the shooting is proof the neighborhood is unsafe now.
(c) Leone says the shooting was disrespectful.
(d) Leone says Denise would have been horrified at the shooting.

3. What does Mira say he would have liked to have done if he did not drive a taxi?
(a) Be an undertaker or a grocer.
(b) Be a writer.
(c) Be an engineer.
(d) Be a tailor.

4. Who calls Danticat to tell her where Joseph is in the fall of 2004, after she is worried that she has not heard from him when he should have arrived in the United States?
(a) A New York City police person.
(b) A Haitian riot police person.
(c) A United Nations worker.
(d) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.

5. Who is Maxo's son?
(a) Stephan.
(b) Nick.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Joshua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Danticat's father's cab?

2. What was the name of Joseph's and Mira's mother?

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

4. What does Bob do when he sees his mother for the first time in many years?

5. What does Marie Micheline name her baby?

(see the answer key)

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