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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. How old is Danticat when she becomes pregnant for the first time?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

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

3. What does Leone, Tante Denise's sister, say about the shooting outside Denise's funeral?
(a) Leone says the shooting is proof the neighborhood is unsafe now.
(b) Leone says the shooting was disrespectful.
(c) Leone says Denise would have been horrified at the shooting.
(d) Leone wonders why there was shooting since Denise was neither in the military or the police force.

4. Why does Joseph choose not to use his voice box often during the last days of October 2004?
(a) He ran out of batteries.
(b) He is forbidden to use it by his doctor.
(c) It broke.
(d) It will draw attention, and he is trying to lay low because the neighborhood gangs are out to get him.

5. What does Danticat's mother give her to take on the plane?
(a) Compression stockings.
(b) Headphones.
(c) Bottles of water.
(d) Haitian food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does an immigration agent tell Danticat that Joseph and Maxo were taken to in the fall of 2004 upon their arrival in the United States?

2. Who is the neighbor that Joseph hears was thrown off the roof for trying to save the church's generator from thieves?

3. What is Danticat's father's nickname, Mira, short for?

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

5. What are Papa Doc's militia men called?

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