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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 225 - 269).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the welcome meal that Danticat's parents cook for her and Bob when they arrive in the United States?
(a) Rice and beans, fried plantains, and stewed chicken.
(b) Pork roast.
(c) Macaroni and cheese.
(d) Mustard greens, fried chicken, and grapes.

2. Where does Joseph go after leaving the first neighbor's house he takes refuge in in October 2004?
(a) Man Jou's house.
(b) Maxo's house.
(c) A neighboring church.
(d) Mira's house.

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

4. Why do some of Joseph's neighbors turn on him so violently after October 24, 2004?
(a) They think he is stealing from the church's coffers.
(b) They think he sold information to the police.
(c) They think he blackmailed a beloved teacher.
(d) They think he allowed the UN soldiers and riot police to shoot at neighborhood people from the roof of his church.

5. What does Danticat's mother say when she mishears something?
(a) What did the white man say?
(b) You must speak louder.
(c) Stop Mumbling!
(d) Your voice has not reached my ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?

2. What does Danticat's brother Bob tell her about their mother's feelings on how Danticat reveals her pregnancy to her parents?

3. What does Danticat think her bedclothes in the United States smell like?

4. What do some of the cruel neighbors say to Joseph after his throat surgery?

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

(see the answer key)

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