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

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

3. Which of Danticat's brothers immediately hugs her when she arrives in the United States at the family's apartment?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Nick.
(c) Bob.
(d) Karl.

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

5. When does Uncle Joseph meet his wife, Tante Denise?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1946.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which uncle of Danticat's is also involved in trying to get Joseph out of the detention center in the United States in late 2004?

2. Why does Joseph choose not to use his voice box often during the last days of October 2004?

3. What does Danticat name her daughter?

4. Where do Maxo and the rest of Joseph's family reluctantly leave Bel Air for in October 2004?

5. Who is Tante Denise's mother?

(see the answer key)

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