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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was Jean-Bertrand Aristide spending his exile in 2004?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) The United Kingdom.

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

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

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

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

9. Where does Danticat move to in the early 2000s?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Boston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Miami.

10. How long after Danticat's father leaves for the United States does her mother follow him?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2years.
(d) 8 years.

11. What do the American doctors say in 1978 about Uncle Joseph's health problem?
(a) He will need to take insulin the rest of his life.
(b) They need to do a biopsy on his throat tumor to see if it is cancerous.
(c) He will need multiple muscular surgeries to correct his paralysis.
(d) His arm will need to be amputated.

12. 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.

13. 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 make sure they each had a bedroom of their own.
(b) He would never work for anyone else again.
(c) He would move the family back to Haiti.
(d) He would get a very well-paid job in finance.

14. What disease does Danticat's father Mira suffer from?
(a) Throat Cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Liver Disease.
(d) Pulmonary Fibrosis.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?

2. Where does Joseph meet Denise for the first time?

3. What kind of car does Danticat's father pick her up from the airport in in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?

4. When does the American Consulate write to Joseph requesting that Danticat and Bob undergo a physical to see if they can travel to the United States?

5. What does Bob do when he sees his mother for the first time in many years?

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