2. What is Danticat's father's nickname, Mira, short for?
(a) Miracle, which is what his mother called him.
(b) Miracin, his middle name.
(c) Mirror, which her father was fascinated with as a baby.
(d) Miranole, which is a traditional Danticat family name.

3. 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 always wanted to be a mother.
(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 would move back to Brooklyn if she had a child.

4. What is one of Joseph's first symptoms of illness in 1977?
(a) He experiences muscle weakness.
(b) His appetite decreases.
(c) His legs get weak.
(d) His voice begins to fail.

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

6. Where does Joseph meet Denise for the first time?
(a) In the markets of Bel Air.
(b) On the hills in Beausejour, Haiti.
(c) On the street in Brooklyn.
(d) In the church in Bel Air.

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

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

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

10. What was Danticat's first experience of intense jealousy?
(a) Seeing how her mother preferred all of her brothers to her.
(b) Seeing her mother and Bob asleep, cuddled together, when Bob was a baby.
(c) Seeing how her father doted on her brother Bob.
(d) Seeing how Joseph seemed to prefer Marie Micheline to her.

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

12. Where does Danticat tell her parents she is pregnant?
(a) In a park.
(b) At their house, over dinner.
(c) In a hospital waiting room.
(d) In the car on the way to the airport.

13. 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.

14. 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 get a very well-paid job in finance.
(c) He would never work for anyone else again.
(d) He would move the family back to Haiti.

15. What does Bob do when he sees his mother for the first time in many years?
(a) Shyly asks if she remembers him.
(b) Immediately runs to her and kisses her.
(c) Turns away because he does not recognize her.
(d) Yells at her for leaving him.