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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 170 - 224).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book does Danticat cherish as a child?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Winnie the Pooh.
(c) Fancy Nancy.
(d) Frog and Toad.

2. Who decides to go into Bel Air and help get Joseph to safety in the fall of 2004?
(a) Bob.
(b) Tante Zi.
(c) Maxo.
(d) Mira.

3. Why does Marie Micheline's husband take her away from Bel Air?
(a) She told him she wanted to leave him.
(b) She spoke to the man who was the father of her baby, asking him to admit she was his.
(c) She asked him for more money to run the household.
(d) She told him she wanted to have another baby.

4. What is the name of the officer who took down all of Joseph's information for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol?
(a) Officer Smith.
(b) Officer Zero.
(c) Officer Reyes.
(d) Officer Sandrine.

5. What does Tante Zi do when Danticat tells her about her and Bob's illness?
(a) She hugs them harder.
(b) She buys their medication.
(c) She tells the rest of the town.
(d) She steps away immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joseph choose not to use his voice box often during the last days of October 2004?

2. What earlier historical tragedy does the asylum system and process sometimes remind Danticat of?

3. What complication does Danticat find out she has in her pregnancy?

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

5. What does Joseph suggest to Danticat before he leaves to go back to Haiti in September 2004 that could help Mira?

(see the answer key)

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