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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. 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 U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.
(b) A New York City police person.
(c) A United Nations worker.
(d) A Haitian riot police person.

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

3. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?
(a) Mount Sinai Hospital.
(b) Kings County Hospital.
(c) Cooks County Hospital.
(d) A Haitian herbal clinic.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the giant velvet painting in Danticat's childhood apartment depict?

2. What does Joseph name his church?

3. What hurtful question does Kelly ask Danicat and Bob their first night in the United States?

4. What does Marie Micheline name her baby?

5. Where does Danticat's brother Kelly live?

(see the answer key)

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