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

2. What new barrier to their emigration do Danticat and Bob encounter during their six months of medical treatment in 1980?
(a) The United States bars all immigrants from Haiti.
(b) The Haitian government forbids anyone to emigrate.
(c) Danticat gets another illness.
(d) Mira loses his job, which he needs in order to be able to bring his children to the U.S.

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

4. What was Marie Micheline studying in 1974?
(a) Writing.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Engineering.

5. What does Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?
(a) He has given birth to her by freeing her.
(b) She can not come home with him.
(c) She wants to leave Ruth with him.
(d) She will never be able to repay him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Joseph and Maxo fly into in the fall of 2004 in the United States?

2. What does Danticat do by accident that causes her father to feel terribly chilled for hours afterwards?

3. What does Joseph name his church?

4. What does Danticat's brother Bob tell her about their mother's feelings on how Danticat reveals her pregnancy to her parents?

5. What does the doctor say when Danticat asks if her father would be a candidate for a lung transplant?

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