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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Tante Denise do right before Danticat and Bob leave for the United States?
2. What is the name of the doctor who sees Danticat's father?
3. What is Danticat's reaction to seeing her parents again for the first time in many years?
4. Who is Tante Denise's mother?
5. When does the American Consulate write to Joseph requesting that Danticat and Bob undergo a physical to see if they can travel to the United States?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Danticat's brother Kelly recall when she tells him she is pregnant in the section titled "We're All Dying"?
2. What does Marie Micheline say to Uncle Joseph when he comes to rescue her from Pressoir?
3. What does Danticat's mother do for her in preparation for her leaving for the United States in the section titled "Heartstrings, Shoestrings"?
4. How does Danticat react when she sees her pregnancy test is positive?
5. What does Danticat remember most fondly about Marie Micheline's kindness towards her as a young child?
6. How does Uncle Joseph first meet Tante Denise?
7. Who is the father of Marie Micheline's first baby and what is that person's reaction when confronted with the fact of the pregnancy?
8. In the section titled "We're All Dying," what does Danticat's friend tell her when Danticat informs her about how ill her father is?
9. In the section titled Good-bye, how does Danticat remember neighbors treating her Uncle Joseph after his tracheotomy?
10. What does Danticat's mother give to her at the last possible minute at the airport to take with her on the plane?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Tante Zi helps Joseph escape his besieged and burning neighborhood in Bel Air, why does she tell him he could never have made the escape by himself? What does the situation that Joseph flees in Haiti reveal about his place in the community there and the relationships between and among the Haitians Joseph had known for decades? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What do you think the neighbors' behavior towards Joseph after his laryngectomy and tracheotomy procedures indicates about the relationships between the people in that area of Haiti, where Danticat lived until she was about 12? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
Essay Topic 3
Given the United States' long, violent, and often exploitative relationship with Haiti, what do you think is Danticat's opinion of the country she moved to as an adolescent? Given her family's experiences - especially Joseph's - in the United States, how would you describe her opinion of America? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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