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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 225 - 269).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who does Joseph often take with him on errands following his throat surgery?
(a) One of his church congregants.
(b) One of the children.
(c) One of the neighbors.
(d) Tante Denise.

3. What does Danticat's brother Kelly remind her of when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) That she told him she always wanted to have twins.
(b) That she told him she would move back to Brooklyn if she had a child.
(c) That in high school, Danticat told him she never wanted to get married or have children so she could write her books.
(d) That she told him she always wanted to be a mother.

4. What does Joseph tell Mira that science is God's way of shielding?
(a) Miracles.
(b) Magic.
(c) Progress.
(d) Good will.

5. What is the cause of the gunfire Joseph hears in Bel Air on October 24, 2004?
(a) United Nations soldiers and Haitian riot police are rooting out the most violent gangs in Bel Air.
(b) Papa Doc's Macoutes are rounding people up to be taken to jail.
(c) French soldiers are staging an uprising.
(d) The American military is helping to overthrow the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tante Denise known for wearing throughout her life?

2. What is the name of Danticat's midwife?

3. Where does Danticat move to in the early 2000s?

4. In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?

5. What does Joseph tell Danticat about his health over the phone from the detention center that alarms her?

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