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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Mira's first apprenticeship in Haiti?
(a) As a cobbler.
(b) As a tailor.
(c) As an engineer.
(d) As a blacksmith.

3. What does Liline say to Danticat and Bob when they leave for the United States?
(a) Now I get your bed.
(b) Good riddance.
(c) Bon voyage.
(d) See you later.

4. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?
(a) Compression stockings.
(b) Headphones.
(c) Haitian food.
(d) Bottles of water.

5. What age is Danticat when she moves in with Uncle Joseph and Tante Denise?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

6. What does Tante Zi do when Danticat tells her about her and Bob's illness?
(a) She buys their medication.
(b) She hugs them harder.
(c) She steps away immediately.
(d) She tells the rest of the town.

7. What does Joseph do at Melina's funeral?
(a) He writes a sermon for the priest to deliver.
(b) He sings a song.
(c) He mouths the word good-bye.
(d) He can not bear to be at the service so he waits outside.

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

9. Who was secretly pregnant in 1974?
(a) Tante Denise.
(b) Danticat's mother.
(c) Marie Micheline.
(d) Tante Zi.

10. Who is the baby Danticat's mother brings to Haiti with her in 1976?
(a) Bob.
(b) Karl.
(c) Nick.
(d) Kelly.

11. 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.

12. What is Marie Micheline's husband's name?
(a) Pradel.
(b) Pressoir.
(c) Stephan.
(d) Nick.

13. What do some of the cruel neighbors say to Joseph after his throat surgery?
(a) They tell him no one will ever love him again.
(b) They ask how his wife can stand to still live with him.
(c) They call him cave neck.
(d) They tell him it is better that he can not talk.

14. Where do Joseph and Denise build their first house?
(a) The Northern countryside in Haiti.
(b) A neighborhood near Port-au-Prince harbor.
(c) The Southern countryside in Haiti.
(d) Bel Air.

15. Who does Danticat share a bunk bed with in Joseph's house?
(a) Granme Melina.
(b) Bob.
(c) Liline.
(d) Marie Micheline.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Danticat's brothers live closest to their parents?

3. What kind of stand does Tante Zi run in Haiti?

4. Who is Joseph's son that has moved back and forth between the U.S. and Haiti?

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

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