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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?
2. What is the name of the officer who took down all of Joseph's information for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol?
3. What device does the doctor give Joseph in 1983?
4. What does the head of the neighborhood gang threaten to do to Joseph if he can not come up with the money they are asking for?
5. Where does Danticat take Joseph for his medical exam in 1983?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are some neighbors angry with Joseph in October 2004?
2. What does Danticat's father do for work in the United States, and what are some of his challenges on the job?
3. How does Danticat's brother Karl react to her when she first arrives in New York?
4. Whose house does Joseph initially take refuge in when he is in hiding in Haiti in October 2004?
5. 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?
6. In the section titled "Gypsy," what is Danticat's new home in America like physically?
7. What do some of the neighborhood gang members demand of Joseph in October 2004?
8. What is the first present Danticat's father gives to her upon her arrival in the United States?
9. When Joseph visits New York in 1983, what life-changing device does he receive from the hospital?
10. Who first warns Joseph he may be in danger in October 2004 in Haiti?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Danticat recalls a Haitian saying advising people who are washing others' children to only wash one side of the child, which she interprets as advising adults not to get too attached to children who are not their own. Write an essay analyzing the meaning of this saying and decide whether or not it seems to apply to Danticat's specific experience being raised by both Joseph and Mira.
Essay Topic 2
When Tante Zi helps Joseph escape his besieged and burning neighborhood in Bel Air, why does she tell him he could never have made the escape by himself? What does the situation that Joseph flees in Haiti reveal about his place in the community there and the relationships between and among the Haitians Joseph had known for decades? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the links between new life and death in Danticat's personal life experiences with her father and her baby. Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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