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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Joseph carry under his arm when he visits Mira in the hospital in 2004?
(a) An oxygen tank.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

5. Why does Danticat suspect Joseph was treated so badly by U.S. Customs and Immigration officials?
(a) He may have been abrasive and disrespectful to the officials.
(b) He may have fallen victim to old and biased policies under which Haitians were detained and deported in larger numbers than other immigrant groups.
(c) He was flagged because of his religion.
(d) He was suffering from dementia.

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

7. 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 New York City police person.
(b) A Haitian riot police person.
(c) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.
(d) A United Nations worker.

8. What does the giant velvet painting in Danticat's childhood apartment depict?
(a) The French Rvolution.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) George Washington and the cherry tree.
(d) The Crucifixtion.

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

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

11. What does Danticat think her bedclothes in the United States smell like?
(a) Soap.
(b) Citronella and vetiver.
(c) Chanel perfume.
(d) Moth balls.

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

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

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

15. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?
(a) They are really special Haitian security agents.
(b) They are really going back to Haiti in a few months.
(c) They are really spies from space.
(d) They are really their cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danticat's father have to say about having only children?

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

3. What does Joseph tell Mira that science is God's way of shielding?

4. What kind of food does the Customs and Border Patrol personnel give to Joseph initially?

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

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