2. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape for?
(a) A terrace.
(b) The apartment's back steps.
(c) A link between their apartment and their neighbors.
(d) A set of stairs for the pet cat and dog.

3. What do the neighborhood gangs and the neighbors do to Joseph's house?
(a) Paint it with graffiti.
(b) Load it with filth so it is uninhabitable.
(c) Burn it down.
(d) Loot it.

4. Why was there no wake for Tante Denise?
(a) Joseph was too sad to hold a wake for Denise.
(b) Joseph feared the gangs in the neighborhood might storm the house during a wake.
(c) Denise had to be buried too quickly for a wake.
(d) Wakes are not part of Haitian culture.

5. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?
(a) He wants to please their parents.
(b) He never liked the food that Tante Denise had cooked.
(c) He is very hungry from the flight.
(d) He has a glycemic disorder.

6. Who decides to go into Bel Air and help get Joseph to safety in the fall of 2004?
(a) Bob.
(b) Mira.
(c) Tante Zi.
(d) Maxo.

7. What does Joseph tell Mira that science is God's way of shielding?
(a) Progress.
(b) Good will.
(c) Miracles.
(d) Magic.

8. Who is Tante Zi mourning when she wears white?
(a) Her brother, Mira.
(b) Her husband, Nick.
(c) Her son, Marius.
(d) Her mother, Lorna.

9. Which neighbor of Joseph's comes to his house to warn him he is in danger from the neighbors?
(a) Anne.
(b) Betrand.
(c) Bob.
(d) Tante Zi.

10. What do the neighborhood gangs do to Joseph's church?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Mark it with graffiti.
(c) Take it over as their headquarters.
(d) Bulldoze it.

11. What story does Tante Denise tell Danticat the last time Danticat visits her in Haiti?
(a) The Old Goat and the Young Ram.
(b) The Angel of Death and Father God.
(c) The House With the Golden Windows.
(d) The Snake and the Badger.

12. What disguise does Joseph wear to move between houses in Bel Air in October 2004?
(a) A beard and glasses.
(b) A woman's muumuu and wig.
(c) A doctor's coat.
(d) A farmer's hat and overalls.

13. What is the name of the officer who took down all of Joseph's information for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol?
(a) Officer Zero.
(b) Officer Reyes.
(c) Officer Smith.
(d) Officer Sandrine.

14. Where does Joseph stay when he first flees his house in October 2004?
(a) With Tante Zi.
(b) With Mira.
(c) With a neighbor called Ferna.
(d) With Maxo.

15. Who is gathered in Joseph's house on the morning of October 24, 2004?
(a) His congregation.
(b) His students.
(c) Many of Joseph's family members, including his son and grandchildren.
(d) Foreign doctors.