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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. Why does Joseph tell U.S. immigration officials he is requesting asylum?
2. Where do Maxo and the rest of Joseph's family reluctantly leave Bel Air for in October 2004?
3. Why do some of Joseph's neighbors turn on him so violently after October 24, 2004?
4. When did Haitians begin arriving in Florida in large numbers by boat?
5. What does Tante Denise die of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whose house does Joseph initially take refuge in when he is in hiding in Haiti in October 2004?
2. What folktale about hell does Danticat recall Granme Melina telling?
3. What do some of the neighborhood gang members demand of Joseph 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. 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?
6. What does Danticat's father do for work in the United States, and what are some of his challenges on the job?
7. What factor about Danticat's pregnancy causes her some anxiety?
8. Why does Danticat suspect her brother Bob asks for seconds of dinner on their first night in New York back with their parents?
9. What does Danticat's father have to say about having an only child?
10. What is the first present Danticat's father gives to her upon her arrival in the United States?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the links between new life and death in Danticat's personal life experiences with her father and her baby. Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
When Marie Micheline becomes pregnant out of wedlock in 1974, Tante Denise and Uncle Joseph are distraught, and they send Marie Micheline off to a distant part of town to have the baby. What does Marie Micheline's experience and Tante Denise's and Uncle Joseph's reaction to it indicate about the cultural attitudes towards women at that time in Haitian culture? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Marie Micheline dies in the midst of a violent outbreak in her neighborhood, and there is shooting outside by neighborhood gangs at Tante Denise's funeral. Write an essay exploring how the backdrop of violence in Danticat's family's Bel Air neighborhood in Haiti affects their lives and their outlooks.
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