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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of the gunfire Joseph hears in Bel Air on October 24, 2004?
(a) The American military is helping to overthrow the government.
(b) Papa Doc's Macoutes are rounding people up to be taken to jail.
(c) French soldiers are staging an uprising.
(d) United Nations soldiers and Haitian riot police are rooting out the most violent gangs in Bel Air.

2. Which person was sworn in as president of Haiti in 1991?
(a) Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
(b) Daniel Fignole.
(c) Papa Doc Duvalier.
(d) Baby Doc Duvalier.

3. Why does Joseph tell U.S. immigration officials he is requesting asylum?
(a) He has grown tired of Haiti.
(b) His religion is persecuted in Haiti.
(c) People burned his church and he fears for his life.
(d) He committed a political crime and can not go back to Haiti.

4. Why does Joseph choose not to use his voice box often during the last days of October 2004?
(a) It will draw attention, and he is trying to lay low because the neighborhood gangs are out to get him.
(b) He ran out of batteries.
(c) It broke.
(d) He is forbidden to use it by his doctor.

5. How did Danticat discover that U.S. officials determined the ages of some of the immigrants seeking asylum?
(a) By asking them for their papers.
(b) By examining their teeth.
(c) By taking X-rays of their bones.
(d) By drawing blood.

6. What device does the doctor give Joseph in 1983?
(a) A transcription machine.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A mechanical voice box.
(d) A hearing aid.

7. 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 Smith.
(c) Officer Sandrine.
(d) Officer Reyes.

8. Why do some of Joseph's neighbors turn on him so violently after October 24, 2004?
(a) They think he blackmailed a beloved teacher.
(b) They think he is stealing from the church's coffers.
(c) They think he sold information to the police.
(d) They think he allowed the UN soldiers and riot police to shoot at neighborhood people from the roof of his church.

9. What does Joseph wear on his way out of Bel Air in the fall of 2004 so he will not be recognized?
(a) A UN uniform.
(b) A thick fake beard and glasses.
(c) A towel over his head.
(d) A doctor's coat.

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

11. Where do Joseph and Maxo fly into in the fall of 2004 in the United States?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Miami.

12. How does Marie Micheline die?
(a) She dies of cancer.
(b) She reportedly dies of a heart attack in the midst of a violent outbreak in her neighborhood.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) She is shot.

13. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?
(a) A Haitian herbal clinic.
(b) Kings County Hospital.
(c) Cooks County Hospital.
(d) Mount Sinai Hospital.

14. How does Joseph look different to Danticat when she meets him at the airport in 1983?
(a) He looks taller and stronger.
(b) He looks ill.
(c) He looks very thin.
(d) He has gained some weight and somehow looks shorter.

15. What does Leone, Tante Denise's sister, say about the shooting outside Denise's funeral?
(a) Leone wonders why there was shooting since Denise was neither in the military or the police force.
(b) Leone says the shooting is proof the neighborhood is unsafe now.
(c) Leone says Denise would have been horrified at the shooting.
(d) Leone says the shooting was disrespectful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the neighbor that Joseph hears was thrown off the roof for trying to save the church's generator from thieves?

2. In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?

3. What is the welcome meal that Danticat's parents cook for her and Bob when they arrive in the United States?

4. What do some of the young men of the neighborhood demand of Joseph to make amends for what they think are his crimes?

5. What does Tante Denise think Marie Micheline really died from?

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