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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 is the cause of the gunfire Joseph hears in Bel Air on October 24, 2004?
(a) French soldiers are staging an uprising.
(b) The American military is helping to overthrow the government.
(c) Papa Doc's Macoutes are rounding people up to be taken to jail.
(d) United Nations soldiers and Haitian riot police are rooting out the most violent gangs in Bel Air.

2. What do some of the young men of the neighborhood demand of Joseph to make amends for what they think are his crimes?
(a) They demand that he smuggle them out of the country.
(b) They demand that he pray for them.
(c) They demand exorbitant amounts of money to cover the funeral costs of the neighbors who were shot by the riot police and UN soldiers.
(d) They demand all the drugs and medical supplies he has.

3. What does the giant velvet painting in Danticat's childhood apartment depict?
(a) The French Rvolution.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) George Washington and the cherry tree.
(d) The Crucifixtion.

4. Why do some of Joseph's neighbors turn on him so violently after October 24, 2004?
(a) They think he blackmailed a beloved teacher.
(b) They think he allowed the UN soldiers and riot police to shoot at neighborhood people from the roof of his church.
(c) They think he is stealing from the church's coffers.
(d) They think he sold information to the police.

5. What does Joseph carry under his arm when he visits Mira in the hospital in 2004?
(a) A Bible.
(b) An oxygen tank.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A pack of cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps make the arrangements for Tante Denise's funeral?

2. How much money does Joseph have with him when he is detained in the United states in the fall of 2004?

3. What story does Tante Denise tell Danticat the last time Danticat visits her in Haiti?

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

5. What does the head of the neighborhood gang threaten to do to Joseph if he can not come up with the money they are asking for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Danticat's father have to say about having an only child?

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

4. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape of her family's New York apartment for?

5. How does Joseph eventually convince Maxo to leave the house under cover of darkness in October 2004?

6. In the section "Brother, I Leave You With a Heavy Heart," why is Danticat's father concerned about Joseph?

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

8. What happens to Joseph in Haiti in October 2004?

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

10. In the section titled "Gypsy," what is Danticat's new home in America like physically?

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