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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 typewriter.
(b) A fountain pen.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A phone.

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

3. Who took Joseph and Maxo to the airport in Haiti in the fall of 2004?
(a) Ferna.
(b) Tante Zi.
(c) Anne.
(d) Man Jou.

4. Why does Aristide leave office less than a year after being sworn in in 1991?
(a) He is ill and must step down.
(b) There is a corruption scandal and he is forced to resign in disgrace.
(c) He is challenged and beaten in a democratic election by an opponent.
(d) He is ousted in a military coup.

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

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

7. How does Joseph convince Maxo to leave him there in his house after all the violence in October 2004?
(a) He tells Maxo he had a terrible vision where Maxo is killed.
(b) He gives Maxo a large sum of money.
(c) He tells Maxo the neighbors might be capable of killing the children.
(d) He tells Maxo he will follow in a month's time.

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

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

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

11. What does Uncle Joseph take medication for?
(a) High blood pressure and inflamed prostate.
(b) Stroke prevention.
(c) Liver disease.
(d) Cancer.

12. Who is the neighbor that Joseph hears was thrown off the roof for trying to save the church's generator from thieves?
(a) Gigi.
(b) Betrand.
(c) Ferna.
(d) Mou Zoul.

13. What does the head of the neighborhood gang threaten to do to Joseph if he can not come up with the money they are asking for?
(a) Stab him.
(b) Poison him.
(c) Cut his head off.
(d) Shoot him.

14. How much money does Joseph have with him when he is detained in the United states in the fall of 2004?
(a) Just over 1,000 U.S. dollars.
(b) About 20,000 U.S. dollars.
(c) About 10,000 U.S. dollars.
(d) About 3,000 U.S. dollars.

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 smuggle them out of the country.
(b) They demand all the drugs and medical supplies he has.
(c) They demand that he pray for them.
(d) They demand exorbitant amounts of money to cover the funeral costs of the neighbors who were shot by the riot police and UN soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which neighbor of Joseph's comes to his house to warn him he is in danger from the neighbors?

2. Who decides to go into Bel Air and help get Joseph to safety in the fall of 2004?

3. When did Haitians begin arriving in Florida in large numbers by boat?

4. What does Tante Denise die of?

5. What device does the doctor give Joseph in 1983?

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