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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Marie Micheline studying in 1974?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Writing.
2. Where does Danticat's brother Kelly live?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) California.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Iowa.
3. What treat does Danticat remember getting on the street with Joseph when she was a child?
(a) Ice sweetened with syrup.
(b) Churros.
(c) Crepes.
(d) Grilled cheese sandwiches.
4. What kind of record does Joseph listen to in 1978 as he gets ready for the day?
(a) A recording of Nina Simone.
(b) An old Berlitz recording of English phrases.
(c) A recording of birdsong.
(d) A recording meant to teach Spanish to foreigners.
5. What is Marie Micheline's husband's name?
(a) Pressoir.
(b) Pradel.
(c) Stephan.
(d) Nick.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the doctor say when Danticat asks if her father would be a candidate for a lung transplant?
2. Who is Tante Denise's mother?
3. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?
4. What does Danticat's brother Kelly remind her of when she tells him she is pregnant?
5. What does Tante Denise do right before Danticat and Bob leave for the United States?
Short Essay Questions
1. What force does Uncle Joseph and Mira's father, Granpe Nozial, join in the early decades of the 1900s in Haiti?
2. How does Uncle Joseph first meet Tante Denise?
3. What scary story does Granme Melina tell the children in Joseph's house in the section titled "Good-bye"?
4. Who is the father of Marie Micheline's first baby and what is that person's reaction when confronted with the fact of the pregnancy?
5. What does Danticat's mother do for her in preparation for her leaving for the United States in the section titled "Heartstrings, Shoestrings"?
6. What eventually happens with Marie Micheline's first husband, Pressoir?
7. In the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?", what does the herbalist Danticat's father takes her to tell her about her health?
8. Why does Danticat decide not to tell her extended family about her pregnancy right away?
9. What illness does Uncle Joseph suffer from that eventually robs him of his voice?
10. Why does Joseph start to take the children in his house on simple errands with him following his laryngectomy?
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