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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 the medic who is called to take care of Joseph at the asylum hearing say about his condition?
(a) The medic thinks he needs to use the defibrillator on Joseph.
(b) The medic thinks Joseph is faking.
(c) The medic things he needs to go to the hospital right away.
(d) The medic thinks Joseph is having a stroke.

2. Which neighbor of Joseph's comes to his house to warn him he is in danger from the neighbors?
(a) Tante Zi.
(b) Anne.
(c) Betrand.
(d) Bob.

3. Why does Danticat's father lose his job on the day they arrive in the United States from Haiti?
(a) He could not take the physical labor involved in the job any longer.
(b) He asked his boss if he could leave work early to pick his children up at the airport, and the boss had said no.
(c) He asked his boss for a raise, and the boss had fired him.
(d) He had been wrongly accused of stealing from the company.

4. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?
(a) Danticat.
(b) Karl.
(c) Bob.
(d) Kelly.

5. What does Danticat do by accident that causes her father to feel terribly chilled for hours afterwards?
(a) Gives him the lightest blanket in the house.
(b) Turns the air conditioning higher than she meant to.
(c) Leaves the window open by mistake.
(d) Spills his water glass on him when she brings him his food and drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Joseph's funeral eventually held?

2. What were the shirts sent to Haiti from the U.S. in the 1960s called?

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

4. Who tells Maxo that Joseph is not welcome back in Haiti by the neighborhood gangs, alive or dead?

5. What do the neighborhood gangs do to Joseph's church?

(see the answer key)

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