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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. Why does Danticat's father lose his job on the day they arrive in the United States from Haiti?
(a) He asked his boss for a raise, and the boss had fired him.
(b) He had been wrongly accused of stealing from the company.
(c) He asked his boss if he could leave work early to pick his children up at the airport, and the boss had said no.
(d) He could not take the physical labor involved in the job any longer.

2. What does Danticat's brother Karl say when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) He tells her to rethink her decision to have a baby.
(b) He tells her he will help her raise the baby.
(c) He tells her it is the best news he has ever heard from her.
(d) He tells her she will never be on time for anything again and she will not sleep for a long time.

3. When does the American Consulate write to Joseph requesting that Danticat and Bob undergo a physical to see if they can travel to the United States?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1978.

4. When does Uncle Joseph meet his wife, Tante Denise?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1946.

5. What kind of stand does Tante Zi run in Haiti?
(a) A flower stand.
(b) A jewelry stand.
(c) A stationary stand.
(d) An ice cream stand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the cruel neighbors say to Joseph after his throat surgery?

2. How old is Danticat when she becomes pregnant for the first time?

3. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?

4. Who is Joseph's son that has moved back and forth between the U.S. and Haiti?

5. What was Danticat's first experience of intense jealousy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joseph start to take the children in his house on simple errands with him following his laryngectomy?

2. What force does Uncle Joseph and Mira's father, Granpe Nozial, join in the early decades of the 1900s in Haiti?

3. In the section titled Good-bye, how does Danticat remember neighbors treating her Uncle Joseph after his tracheotomy?

4. Why was Danticat's father concerned about her move in 2002?

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. How does Joseph communicate and what does he communicate at Granme Melina's funeral since he can not give a sermon due to the loss of his voice?

7. In the section titled "Good-bye," how do the children determine that Granme Melina has died?

8. Why does Danticat's father Mira decide not to take the codeine his doctor has prescribed for him?

9. In the section titled "We're All Dying," what does Danticat's friend tell her when Danticat informs her about how ill her father is?

10. Why does Danticat decide not to tell her extended family about her pregnancy right away?

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