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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 repartee does Danticat take up with Joseph when she finally gets to speak to him on the phone in the section titled "Tomorrow"?
(a) She keeps repeating that he will get to go home soon.
(b) She calls him affectionate names like my heart.
(c) She keeps telling him about her baby.
(d) She calls him her old nickname for him, which is Joe.

2. Where does Danticat move to in the early 2000s?
(a) Miami.
(b) Boston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Brooklyn.

3. Which neighbor of Joseph's comes to his house to warn him he is in danger from the neighbors?
(a) Tante Zi.
(b) Anne.
(c) Bob.
(d) Betrand.

4. What is the cause of the gunfire Joseph hears in Bel Air on October 24, 2004?
(a) French soldiers are staging an uprising.
(b) United Nations soldiers and Haitian riot police are rooting out the most violent gangs in Bel Air.
(c) The American military is helping to overthrow the government.
(d) Papa Doc's Macoutes are rounding people up to be taken to jail.

5. What kind of stand does Tante Zi run in Haiti?
(a) A flower stand.
(b) A jewelry stand.
(c) A stationary stand.
(d) An ice cream stand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?

2. What do the neighborhood gangs do to Joseph's church?

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

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

5. How old is Danticat's father in 2004?

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