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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Uncle Joseph want Mira to marry before Mira meets Danticat's mother?
(a) Tante Denise's sister Leone.
(b) Marie Micheline.
(c) A teacher named Christiana.
(d) A neighbor named Ferna.

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

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

5. Who is Joseph's son that has moved back and forth between the U.S. and Haiti?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Nick.
(c) Karl.
(d) Maxo.

6. 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 United States bars all immigrants from Haiti.
(c) The Haitian government forbids anyone to emigrate.
(d) Danticat gets another illness.

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

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

9. What kind of car does Danticat's father pick her up from the airport in in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?
(a) A Prius.
(b) A Lincoln Town Car.
(c) A Corvette.
(d) A Sonata.

10. How old is Danticat when she becomes pregnant for the first time?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

11. What drug is Danticat's father prescribed that he decides not to take?
(a) Prednisone.
(b) Codeine.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Oxycontin.

12. What does Danticat's mother say when she mishears something?
(a) What did the white man say?
(b) You must speak louder.
(c) Stop Mumbling!
(d) Your voice has not reached my ear.

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

14. What does Danticat's mother make for her before she leaves for the United States?
(a) 5 new paintings.
(b) 10 new dresses.
(c) A month's worth of food.
(d) 3 pairs of new shoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie Micheline tell Joseph when he comes to free her from her husband?

2. Where does Danticat go with her father before his doctor's appointment in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?

3. How old is Danticat's father in 2004?

4. What does Joseph name his church?

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

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