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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joseph name his church?
(a) The Savior of Bel Air.
(b) The National Church of Haiti.
(c) The Christian Church of Redemption.
(d) Our Holy Mother of Port-au-Prince.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which of Danticat's brothers live closest to their parents?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Bob and Kelly.
(c) Karl and Bob.
(d) Karl and Kelly.

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

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

12. What kind of record does Joseph listen to in 1978 as he gets ready for the day?
(a) An old Berlitz recording of English phrases.
(b) A recording meant to teach Spanish to foreigners.
(c) A recording of Nina Simone.
(d) A recording of birdsong.

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

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) Bel Air.
(d) The Southern countryside in Haiti.

15. 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 be a mother.
(b) That she told him she always wanted to have twins.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Danticat's parents reappear in Haiti again after leaving her with Joseph and Denise?

2. When does Uncle Joseph meet his wife, Tante Denise?

3. What does Danticat's mother make for her before she leaves for the United States?

4. Where was Jean-Bertrand Aristide spending his exile in 2004?

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

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