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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. Who helps make the arrangements for Tante Denise's funeral?
(a) A neighbor named Fernal.
(b) Danticat's cousin Richard.
(c) American missionaries from the church.
(d) Pressoir.

2. Where does Joseph stay when he first flees his house in October 2004?
(a) With a neighbor called Ferna.
(b) With Tante Zi.
(c) With Maxo.
(d) With Mira.

3. 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 pray for them.
(b) They demand all the drugs and medical supplies he has.
(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 that he smuggle them out of the country.

4. Where do Maxo and the rest of Joseph's family reluctantly leave Bel Air for in October 2004?
(a) Port-au-Prince.
(b) New York.
(c) Leogane.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. Who is the neighbor that Joseph hears was thrown off the roof for trying to save the church's generator from thieves?
(a) Betrand.
(b) Ferna.
(c) Mou Zoul.
(d) Gigi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Haitians begin arriving in Florida in large numbers by boat?

2. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?

3. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?

4. What does Mira say he would have liked to have done if he did not drive a taxi?

5. Why does Joseph come to New York in the summer of 1983?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Danticat's father say when, as a child, she asks him what he would like to do if he could do something other than his actual job?

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

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

7. What does Danticat's brother Bob tell their other brothers Kelly and Karl on their first night in New York all together?

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

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

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

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