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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) 1950.
(d) 1946.

2. What does Joseph name his church?
(a) The Christian Church of Redemption.
(b) Our Holy Mother of Port-au-Prince.
(c) The Savior of Bel Air.
(d) The National Church of Haiti.

3. What is Marie Micheline's husband's name?
(a) Stephan.
(b) Nick.
(c) Pradel.
(d) Pressoir.

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

5. Where does Danticat tell her parents she is pregnant?
(a) In a hospital waiting room.
(b) In a park.
(c) At their house, over dinner.
(d) In the car on the way to the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new barrier to their emigration do Danticat and Bob encounter during their six months of medical treatment in 1980?

2. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?

3. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?

4. Which of Danticat's brothers live closest to their parents?

5. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?

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

3. How does Uncle Joseph first meet Tante Denise?

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

5. What scary story does Granme Melina tell the children in Joseph's house in the section titled "Good-bye"?

6. What does Danticat's mother do for her in preparation for her leaving for the United States in the section titled "Heartstrings, Shoestrings"?

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

8. 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?

9. What does Danticat's mother give to her at the last possible minute at the airport to take with her on the plane?

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

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