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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 father have to say about having only children?
(a) Only children are vulnerable.
(b) God did not make us with one eye.
(c) Only children are spoiled.
(d) Only children are the happiest.

2. Where does Joseph stay when he first flees his house in October 2004?
(a) With a neighbor called Ferna.
(b) With Maxo.
(c) With Mira.
(d) With Tante Zi.

3. What does Bob tell Kelly and Karl is really going on with him and Danticat?
(a) They are really their cousins.
(b) They are really special Haitian security agents.
(c) They are really going back to Haiti in a few months.
(d) They are really spies from space.

4. Who calls Danticat to tell her where Joseph is in the fall of 2004, after she is worried that she has not heard from him when he should have arrived in the United States?
(a) A United Nations worker.
(b) A Haitian riot police person.
(c) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent.
(d) A New York City police person.

5. What does the quote that Danticat uses to start Part Two of the book say that a brother is born for?
(a) Adversity.
(b) Love.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Frienship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of the gunfire Joseph hears in Bel Air on October 24, 2004?

2. Who took Joseph and Maxo to the airport in Haiti in the fall of 2004?

3. Which neighbor of Joseph's comes to his house to warn him he is in danger from the neighbors?

4. Why do some of Joseph's neighbors turn on him so violently after October 24, 2004?

5. Who is gathered in Joseph's house on the morning of October 24, 2004?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the section "Brother, I Leave You With a Heavy Heart," why is Danticat's father concerned about Joseph?

2. What factor about Danticat's pregnancy causes her some anxiety?

3. How does Tante Zi get Joseph out of hiding and safely to the airport in October 2004?

4. What folktale about hell does Danticat recall Granme Melina telling?

5. Whose house does Joseph initially take refuge in when he is in hiding in Haiti in October 2004?

6. In the section "Brother, I Can Speak," how does Danticat's father refer to Danticat and Bob in front of Joseph when he comes to visit in New York?

7. Why are some neighbors angry with Joseph in October 2004?

8. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape of her family's New York apartment for?

9. What do some of the neighborhood gang members demand of Joseph in October 2004?

10. Why does Danticat suspect her brother Bob asks for seconds of dinner on their first night in New York back with their parents?

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