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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Danticat's father give her on her second day in the United States?
(a) A notebook.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) A fountain pen.
(d) A phone.

2. What is Danticat's husband's name?
(a) Fedo.
(b) Michael.
(c) Rafael.
(d) Bob.

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

4. How many letters does Danticat write on her typewriter to Uncle Joseph?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) A dozen.
(d) One.

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

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

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

8. Which airline does Danticat call in the fall of 2004 to try to get information about Joseph?
(a) Virgin Airlines.
(b) American Airlines.
(c) Norwegian Air.
(d) United Airlines.

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

10. What street does Danticat live on as a child in New York?
(a) Flatbush Avenue.
(b) Flatiron Avenue.
(c) The Bronx Expressway.
(d) Queens Boulevard.

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

12. Who calls Danticat to tell her where Joseph is in the fall of 2004, after she is worried that she has not heard from him when he should have arrived in the United States?
(a) A Haitian riot police person.
(b) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.
(c) A New York City police person.
(d) A United Nations worker.

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

14. 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.

15. What do some of the young men of the neighborhood demand of Joseph to make amends for what they think are his crimes?
(a) They demand that he pray for them.
(b) They demand that he smuggle them out of the country.
(c) They demand exorbitant amounts of money to cover the funeral costs of the neighbors who were shot by the riot police and UN soldiers.
(d) They demand all the drugs and medical supplies he has.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Danticat suspect Joseph was treated so badly by U.S. Customs and Immigration officials?

2. What complication does Danticat find out she has in her pregnancy?

3. What does the quote that Danticat uses to start Part Two of the book say that a brother is born for?

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

5. Where does Joseph stay when he first flees his house in October 2004?

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