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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Danticat tell her parents she is pregnant?
(a) In a hospital waiting room.
(b) At their house, over dinner.
(c) In the car on the way to the airport.
(d) In a park.

2. What does Danticat's mother make for her before she leaves for the United States?
(a) 5 new paintings.
(b) 3 pairs of new shoes.
(c) A month's worth of food.
(d) 10 new dresses.

3. What was Mira's first apprenticeship in Haiti?
(a) As an engineer.
(b) As a tailor.
(c) As a blacksmith.
(d) As a cobbler.

4. Who asks Danticat's father, Mira, if he has enjoyed his life?
(a) Danticat.
(b) Bob.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Karl.

5. What new barrier to their emigration do Danticat and Bob encounter during their six months of medical treatment in 1980?
(a) Danticat gets another illness.
(b) Mira loses his job, which he needs in order to be able to bring his children to the U.S.
(c) The Haitian government forbids anyone to emigrate.
(d) The United States bars all immigrants from Haiti.

6. Why does Danticat's father not want to take the medication the doctor has prescribed?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) He will fail his mandatory drug test for work if he takes it.
(c) He is afraid he will become addicted.
(d) It makes him feel dizzy.

7. What does the man at the American consulate say to Danticat that she thinks is terrible?
(a) You are now free to be with your parents, for better or for worse.
(b) Your Uncle will be terribly sad to see you go.
(c) You will probably never see Haiti again.
(d) Let us hope you both survive the treacherous journey.

8. Who is Maxo's son?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Nick.
(d) Stephan.

9. What does Danticat's brother Bob tell her about their mother's feelings on how Danticat reveals her pregnancy to her parents?
(a) She feels like Danticat should have made more of a formal announcement.
(b) She thinks Danticat should have told them of her pregnancy much earlier.
(c) She does not like how Danticat told them she was pregnant.
(d) She thinks Danticat should have kept the pregnancy secret for longer.

10. What drug is Danticat's father prescribed that he decides not to take?
(a) Oxycontin.
(b) Prednisone.
(c) Codeine.
(d) Tylenol.

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

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

13. What was Marie Micheline studying in 1974?
(a) Writing.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Nursing.
(d) Engineering.

14. Where does Danticat go with her father before his doctor's appointment in the section titled "Have You Enjoyed Your Life?"?
(a) To a fortune-teller.
(b) To an acupuncturist.
(c) To an herbalist.
(d) To a video store.

15. Who is Tante Denise's mother?
(a) Granme Melina.
(b) Granme Liliana.
(c) Tante Zoe.
(d) Marie Micheline.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Where does Joseph have his major throat surgery?

4. What does Danticat's father decide on his drive to the airport to pick her and Bob up on the first day they arrive into the country from Haiti?

5. What is Marie Micheline's husband's name?

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