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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does an immigration agent tell Danticat that Joseph and Maxo were taken to in the fall of 2004 upon their arrival in the United States?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) They were sent back to Haiti immediately.
(c) A state prison.
(d) Krome, a detention center.

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

3. What is the name of Danticat's father's cab?
(a) A checkered cab.
(b) A gypsy cab.
(c) A daisy cab.
(d) A flowered cab.

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

5. In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?
(a) As a fire with no relief.
(b) As the thing you fear the most.
(c) As total isolation.
(d) As other people.

6. Which of Danticat's brothers immediately hugs her when she arrives in the United States at the family's apartment?
(a) Bob.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Karl.
(d) Nick.

7. Why does Danticat think Joseph asked for asylum rather than use the valid visa he had to travel to the United States?
(a) He was ashamed of the visa.
(b) He did not want to leave his son Maxo.
(c) His religion dictated that he should request asylum.
(d) He knew he would be staying longer than 30 days and he wanted to tell the truth.

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

9. 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 is shot.
(d) She dies of cancer.

10. 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 all the drugs and medical supplies he has.
(b) They demand that he pray for them.
(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 that he smuggle them out of the country.

11. What hurtful question does Kelly ask Danicat and Bob their first night in the United States?
(a) If they are staying or not.
(b) If their parents will love them as much as they love Kelly and Karl.
(c) Whether they are adopted.
(d) If they are really black.

12. What is the term the authorities use to describe gang members?
(a) Chimeres.
(b) Pawns.
(c) Foot soldiers.
(d) Macoutes.

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

14. Who helps make the arrangements for Tante Denise's funeral?
(a) Pressoir.
(b) American missionaries from the church.
(c) A neighbor named Fernal.
(d) Danticat's cousin Richard.

15. When did Haitians begin arriving in Florida in large numbers by boat?
(a) The early 1980s.
(b) The early 2000s.
(c) The mid-1990s.
(d) The early 1970s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Joseph have with him when he is detained in the United states in the fall of 2004?

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

3. What is Danticat's husband's name?

4. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?

5. What does Danticat's father give her on her second day in the United States?

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