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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 sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?
(a) He wants to please their parents.
(b) He has a glycemic disorder.
(c) He never liked the food that Tante Denise had cooked.
(d) He is very hungry from the flight.

2. What disguise does Joseph wear to move between houses in Bel Air in October 2004?
(a) A doctor's coat.
(b) A beard and glasses.
(c) A farmer's hat and overalls.
(d) A woman's muumuu and wig.

3. What does Joseph wear on his way out of Bel Air in the fall of 2004 so he will not be recognized?
(a) A towel over his head.
(b) A UN uniform.
(c) A thick fake beard and glasses.
(d) A doctor's coat.

4. How does Joseph convince Maxo to leave him there in his house after all the violence in October 2004?
(a) He tells Maxo he had a terrible vision where Maxo is killed.
(b) He tells Maxo the neighbors might be capable of killing the children.
(c) He tells Maxo he will follow in a month's time.
(d) He gives Maxo a large sum of money.

5. What does Uncle Joseph take medication for?
(a) High blood pressure and inflamed prostate.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Stroke prevention.
(d) Liver disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Danticat's brothers immediately hugs her when she arrives in the United States at the family's apartment?

2. Who is the neighbor that Joseph hears was thrown off the roof for trying to save the church's generator from thieves?

3. What is the term the authorities use to describe gang members?

4. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?

5. Which person was sworn in as president of Haiti in 1991?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Joseph visits New York in 1983, what life-changing device does he receive from the hospital?

2. Why does Danticat suspect her brother Bob asks for seconds of dinner on their first night in New York back with their parents?

3. What does Danticat's father do for work in the United States, and what are some of his challenges on the job?

4. What factor about Danticat's pregnancy causes her some anxiety?

5. What folktale about hell does Danticat recall Granme Melina telling?

6. What story about Marie Micheline does Danticat tell her Uncle Joseph the night of Marie Micheline's funeral?

7. How does Marie Micheline die?

8. Whose house does Joseph initially take refuge in when he is in hiding in Haiti in October 2004?

9. What is the first present Danticat's father gives to her upon her arrival in the United States?

10. How does Danticat's brother Karl react to her when she first arrives in New York?

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