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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. When does Uncle Joseph meet his wife, Tante Denise?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1950.
2. What do the American doctors say in 1978 about Uncle Joseph's health problem?
(a) His arm will need to be amputated.
(b) He will need to take insulin the rest of his life.
(c) He will need multiple muscular surgeries to correct his paralysis.
(d) They need to do a biopsy on his throat tumor to see if it is cancerous.
3. What is the result of Danticat's and Bob's physical?
(a) Danticat has Influenza.
(b) They are in perfect health.
(c) They are found to be infected with Tuberculosis.
(d) They are found to be infected with a dangerous parasite.
4. What is the name of the doctor who sees Danticat's father?
(a) Dr. Smith.
(b) Dr. Padman.
(c) Dr. Janker.
(d) Dr. Forent.
5. What were the shirts sent to Haiti from the U.S. in the 1960s called?
(a) Carters.
(b) Eisenhowers.
(c) Nixons.
(d) Kennedys.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Joseph's and Mira's mother?
2. What does Liline say to Danticat and Bob when they leave for the United States?
3. What does Danticat's brother Kelly remind her of when she tells him she is pregnant?
4. What new barrier to their emigration do Danticat and Bob encounter during their six months of medical treatment in 1980?
5. Who is Tante Denise's mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the section titled "Good-bye," what book does Danticat select to buy for herself while out with Joseph and why?
2. Why does Joseph start to take the children in his house on simple errands with him following his laryngectomy?
3. What illness does Uncle Joseph suffer from that eventually robs him of his voice?
4. What does Danticat's mother give to her at the last possible minute at the airport to take with her on the plane?
5. What force does Uncle Joseph and Mira's father, Granpe Nozial, join in the early decades of the 1900s in Haiti?
6. What scary story does Granme Melina tell the children in Joseph's house in the section titled "Good-bye"?
7. Why does Danticat's father Mira decide not to take the codeine his doctor has prescribed for him?
8. 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?
9. In the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?", what does the herbalist Danticat's father takes her to tell her about her health?
10. In the section titled Good-bye, how does Danticat remember neighbors treating her Uncle Joseph after his tracheotomy?
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