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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. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?
(a) Kings County Hospital.
(b) Mount Sinai Hospital.
(c) A Haitian herbal clinic.
(d) Cooks County Hospital.

2. What do the neighborhood gangs do to Joseph's church?
(a) Bulldoze it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Take it over as their headquarters.
(d) Mark it with graffiti.

3. Who calls Danticat to tell her where Joseph is in the fall of 2004, after she is worried that she has not heard from him when he should have arrived in the United States?
(a) A Haitian riot police person.
(b) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.
(c) A United Nations worker.
(d) A New York City police person.

4. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?
(a) They are really special Haitian security agents.
(b) They are really spies from space.
(c) They are really their cousins.
(d) They are really going back to Haiti in a few months.

5. What street does Danticat live on as a child in New York?
(a) Flatiron Avenue.
(b) The Bronx Expressway.
(c) Flatbush Avenue.
(d) Queens Boulevard.

Short Answer 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?

2. Why does Aristide leave office less than a year after being sworn in in 1991?

3. What kind of food does the Customs and Border Patrol personnel give to Joseph initially?

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

5. What do the neighborhood gangs and the neighbors do to Joseph's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do some of the neighborhood gang members demand of Joseph in October 2004?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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