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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was Jean-Bertrand Aristide spending his exile in 2004?
(a) Norway.
(b) South Africa.
(c) The United Kingdom.
(d) Sweden.

5. What is Danticat's father's nickname, Mira, short for?
(a) Mirror, which her father was fascinated with as a baby.
(b) Miracle, which is what his mother called him.
(c) Miracin, his middle name.
(d) Miranole, which is a traditional Danticat family name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tante Denise send Marie Micheline?

2. What does Danticat's brother Kelly remind her of when she tells him she is pregnant?

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

4. What age is Danticat when she moves in with Uncle Joseph and Tante Denise?

5. What does Danticat's brother Karl say when she tells him she is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joseph communicate and what does he communicate at Granme Melina's funeral since he can not give a sermon due to the loss of his voice?

2. Why does Danticat decide not to tell her extended family about her pregnancy right away?

3. Which politician does Uncle Joseph admire in the 1950s in Haiti and why?

4. How does Uncle Joseph first meet Tante Denise?

5. What does Danticat's brother Kelly recall when she tells him she is pregnant in the section titled "We're All Dying"?

6. Why does Joseph start to take the children in his house on simple errands with him following his laryngectomy?

7. What does Danticat's mother do for her in preparation for her leaving for the United States in the section titled "Heartstrings, Shoestrings"?

8. What illness does Uncle Joseph suffer from that eventually robs him of his voice?

9. How does Danticat react when she sees her pregnancy test is positive?

10. Why was Danticat's father concerned about her move in 2002?

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