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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 Joseph tell Danticat he and Tante Denise will not choose to leave Haiti despite all the violence in the early 1990s?
(a) He is too old and ill to leave and start over.
(b) He thinks he may run for office one day.
(c) He can not leave the graves of his parents.
(d) Someone has to stay behind to receive letters and greet visiting family.

2. In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?
(a) As the thing you fear the most.
(b) As total isolation.
(c) As other people.
(d) As a fire with no relief.

3. How does Joseph look different to Danticat when she meets him at the airport in 1983?
(a) He looks taller and stronger.
(b) He looks very thin.
(c) He looks ill.
(d) He has gained some weight and somehow looks shorter.

4. What story does Tante Denise tell Danticat the last time Danticat visits her in Haiti?
(a) The House With the Golden Windows.
(b) The Angel of Death and Father God.
(c) The Snake and the Badger.
(d) The Old Goat and the Young Ram.

5. Who decides to go into Bel Air and help get Joseph to safety in the fall of 2004?
(a) Maxo.
(b) Mira.
(c) Bob.
(d) Tante Zi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mira tell the children about the fire escape?

3. Where does Joseph stay when he first flees his house in October 2004?

4. 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?

5. How does Joseph convince Maxo to leave him there in his house after all the violence in October 2004?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who first warns Joseph he may be in danger in October 2004 in Haiti?

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

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

5. How does Tante Zi get Joseph out of hiding and safely to the airport in October 2004?

6. In the section "Brother, I Can Speak," how does Danticat's father refer to Danticat and Bob in front of Joseph when he comes to visit in New York?

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

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

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

10. Why are some neighbors angry with Joseph in October 2004?

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