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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. Who took Joseph and Maxo to the airport in Haiti in the fall of 2004?
(a) Man Jou.
(b) Anne.
(c) Tante Zi.
(d) Ferna.

2. What device does the doctor give Joseph in 1983?
(a) A transcription machine.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A hearing aid.
(d) A mechanical voice box.

3. What does Marie Micheline name her baby?
(a) Melina.
(b) Mae.
(c) Denise.
(d) Ruth.

4. What does Tante Denise do right before Danticat and Bob leave for the United States?
(a) Gives them each letters for every day of the year they will be gone.
(b) Kisses them and runs into her room, unable to bear watching them leave.
(c) Blesses them with holy water.
(d) Packs food for them to take on the airplane.

5. Where do Danticat's parents and extended family live in the U.S.?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Boston.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say when Danticat asks if her father would be a candidate for a lung transplant?

2. Where do Joseph and Denise build their first house?

3. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?

4. What does Bob tell Mira about Joseph's mood when they had left Haiti?

5. What kind of stand does Tante Zi run in Haiti?

(see the answer key)

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