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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 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 meant to teach Spanish to foreigners.
(d) A recording of birdsong.

2. Where do Danticat's parents and extended family live in the U.S.?
(a) Boston.
(b) Miami.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. What does Danticat's father decide on his drive to the airport to pick her and Bob up on the first day they arrive into the country from Haiti?
(a) He would make sure they each had a bedroom of their own.
(b) He would never work for anyone else again.
(c) He would get a very well-paid job in finance.
(d) He would move the family back to Haiti.

4. Where was Jean-Bertrand Aristide spending his exile in 2004?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) The United Kingdom.
(d) South Africa.

5. Who does Danticat's father run his car service with?
(a) Her Uncle Franck.
(b) Her Tante Zi.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danticat's mother say when she mishears something?

2. What does Bob do when he sees his mother for the first time in many years?

3. What are some of the side effects of Danticat's treatment for her illness in 1980?

4. Who is the baby Danticat's mother brings to Haiti with her in 1976?

5. Who was secretly pregnant in 1974?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where had Danticat moved to from Brooklyn in 2002?

2. What illness does Uncle Joseph suffer from that eventually robs him of his voice?

3. 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?

4. What does Danticat's brother Kelly recall when she tells him she is pregnant in the section titled "We're All Dying"?

5. Which politician does Uncle Joseph admire in the 1950s in Haiti and why?

6. In the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?", what does the herbalist Danticat's father takes her to tell her about her health?

7. In the section titled "Good-bye," what book does Danticat select to buy for herself while out with Joseph and why?

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

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

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

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