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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. Which of Danticat's brothers immediately hugs her when she arrives in the United States at the family's apartment?

2. What hurtful question does Kelly ask Danicat and Bob their first night in the United States?

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

4. How many letters does Danticat write on her typewriter to Uncle Joseph?

5. Who took Joseph and Maxo to the airport in Haiti in the fall of 2004?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Marie Micheline die?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Go back to the section in the book in which Danticat recounts Tante Denise's story about the Angel of Death and Father God (143). Write an essay analyzing how the story relates to the Haitian peoples' history of oppression and brutality at the hands of countries like the United States, citing specific examples from the text in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the faith that both Joseph and Mira place in herbal and alternative medicine. Where does the tradition that they follow seem to have originated?

Essay Topic 3

Danticat's father, Mira, experiences oppression both in Haiti and America. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the sources and manifestations of the oppression Mira experiences in both countries.

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