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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 112 - 169).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?
(a) Cooks County Hospital.
(b) A Haitian herbal clinic.
(c) Kings County Hospital.
(d) Mount Sinai Hospital.

2. Where does Joseph have his major throat surgery?
(a) In Port-au-Prince.
(b) In Cape Town.
(c) In Los Angeles.
(d) In New York.

3. When does Danticat find out she is pregant?
(a) Early July 2004.
(b) Mid-January 2001.
(c) Early August 2005.
(d) Late September 2011.

4. Why does Danticat's father lose his job on the day they arrive in the United States from Haiti?
(a) He asked his boss if he could leave work early to pick his children up at the airport, and the boss had said no.
(b) He asked his boss for a raise, and the boss had fired him.
(c) He could not take the physical labor involved in the job any longer.
(d) He had been wrongly accused of stealing from the company.

5. What breaks when Joseph meets Denise for the first time?
(a) Joseph's cart.
(b) Denise's ankle.
(c) Denise's calabash.
(d) Joseph's bridle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Tante Denise tell Danticat the last time Danticat visits her in Haiti?

2. Who does Danticat share a bunk bed with in Joseph's house?

3. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?

4. When does the American Consulate write to Joseph requesting that Danticat and Bob undergo a physical to see if they can travel to the United States?

5. Where does Danticat's brother Kelly live?

(see the answer key)

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