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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 Danticat's brother Karl say when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) He tells her it is the best news he has ever heard from her.
(b) He tells her she will never be on time for anything again and she will not sleep for a long time.
(c) He tells her to rethink her decision to have a baby.
(d) He tells her he will help her raise the baby.

2. Why does Joseph tell U.S. immigration officials he is requesting asylum?
(a) His religion is persecuted in Haiti.
(b) He committed a political crime and can not go back to Haiti.
(c) He has grown tired of Haiti.
(d) People burned his church and he fears for his life.

3. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?
(a) The U.S.A.
(b) The United Kingdom.
(c) France.
(d) A distant, poor part of town.

4. Where do Danticat's parents and extended family live in the U.S.?
(a) Boston.
(b) Miami.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What are some of the side effects of Danticat's treatment for her illness in 1980?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Weight gain.
(c) Coldness, rashes, and loss of appetite.
(d) Terrible headaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lawyer that represents Joseph at his asylum hearing?

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

3. Why does Joseph tell Danticat he and Tante Denise will not choose to leave Haiti despite all the violence in the early 1990s?

4. What happens to Danticat's parents' house a few months after her father dies?

5. What does Tante Denise die of?

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