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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. What complication does Danticat find out she has in her pregnancy?
2. Why was there no wake for Tante Denise?
3. What does Danticat think her bedclothes in the United States smell like?
4. What does Joseph tell Mira that science is God's way of shielding?
5. How does Marie Micheline die?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape of her family's New York apartment for?
2. 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?
3. What do some of the neighborhood gang members demand of Joseph in October 2004?
4. When Joseph visits New York in 1983, what life-changing device does he receive from the hospital?
5. What is the first present Danticat's father gives to her upon her arrival in the United States?
6. Why does Danticat suspect her brother Bob asks for seconds of dinner on their first night in New York back with their parents?
7. What does Danticat's father have to say about having an only child?
8. What does Danticat's father say when, as a child, she asks him what he would like to do if he could do something other than his actual job?
9. What story about Marie Micheline does Danticat tell her Uncle Joseph the night of Marie Micheline's funeral?
10. Why does Tante Zi tell Joseph he could not have escaped himself?
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
Danticat explores the subject of death from several different angles and through the experiences of several different family members in this book. Write an essay analyzing her perception of Granme Melina's attitudes towards death, especially considering Granme Melina's many folktales and legends she told the children that dealt with that topic.
Essay Topic 3
What were Joseph's and Mira's first experiences with and impressions of Americans, respectively? How do you think each man's impressions of Americans and of America changed over their lifetimes? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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