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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Danticat find out she is pregant?
(a) Early July 2004.
(b) Late September 2011.
(c) Early August 2005.
(d) Mid-January 2001.

2. What breaks when Joseph meets Denise for the first time?
(a) Joseph's bridle.
(b) Denise's calabash.
(c) Denise's ankle.
(d) Joseph's cart.

3. What does Tante Denise do right before Danticat and Bob leave for the United States?
(a) Blesses them with holy water.
(b) Kisses them and runs into her room, unable to bear watching them leave.
(c) Gives them each letters for every day of the year they will be gone.
(d) Packs food for them to take on the airplane.

4. What does Bob tell Mira about Joseph's mood when they had left Haiti?
(a) He said Joseph had seemed indifferent.
(b) He said Joseph had seemed happy.
(c) He said Joseph had seemed angry.
(d) He said Joseph had seemed sad.

5. Where does Danticat go with her father before his doctor's appointment in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?
(a) To an acupuncturist.
(b) To a video store.
(c) To a fortune-teller.
(d) To an herbalist.

6. Where does Joseph have his major throat surgery?
(a) In Port-au-Prince.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Cape Town.
(d) In Los Angeles.

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

8. 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 will never be able to repay him.
(c) She wants to leave Ruth with him.
(d) She can not come home with him.

9. When does Uncle Joseph meet his wife, Tante Denise?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1970.

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

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

12. How old is Danticat's father in 2004?
(a) 60.
(b) 69.
(c) 80.
(d) 75.

13. What kind of stand does Tante Zi run in Haiti?
(a) A flower stand.
(b) A jewelry stand.
(c) An ice cream stand.
(d) A stationary stand.

14. Which politician does Joseph admire in the 1950s?
(a) Papa Doc Duvalier.
(b) Daniel Fignole.
(c) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(d) Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

15. What does Danticat's father decide on his drive to the airport to pick her and Bob up on the first day they arrive into the country from Haiti?
(a) He would get a very well-paid job in finance.
(b) He would make sure they each had a bedroom of their own.
(c) He would never work for anyone else again.
(d) He would move the family back to Haiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book does Danticat cherish as a child?

2. What do the American doctors say in 1978 about Uncle Joseph's health problem?

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

4. What new barrier to their emigration do Danticat and Bob encounter during their six months of medical treatment in 1980?

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

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