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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 think Joseph asked for asylum rather than use the valid visa he had to travel to the United States?
2. Where do Joseph and Maxo fly into in the fall of 2004 in the United States?
3. What does Tante Denise think Marie Micheline really died from?
4. Who took Joseph and Maxo to the airport in Haiti in the fall of 2004?
5. Who decides to go into Bel Air and help get Joseph to safety in the fall of 2004?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Danticat's father do for work in the United States, and what are some of his challenges on the job?
2. In the section "Brother, I Leave You With a Heavy Heart," why is Danticat's father concerned about Joseph?
3. 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?
4. What happens to Joseph in Haiti in October 2004?
5. How does Tante Zi get Joseph out of hiding and safely to the airport in October 2004?
6. How does Danticat's brother Karl react to her when she first arrives in New York?
7. What does Danticat's brother Bob tell their other brothers Kelly and Karl on their first night in New York all together?
8. What does Danticat mistake the fire escape of her family's New York apartment for?
9. How does Marie Micheline die?
10. What story about Marie Micheline does Danticat tell her Uncle Joseph the night of Marie Micheline's funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
When Marie Micheline becomes pregnant out of wedlock in 1974, Tante Denise and Uncle Joseph are distraught, and they send Marie Micheline off to a distant part of town to have the baby. What does Marie Micheline's experience and Tante Denise's and Uncle Joseph's reaction to it indicate about the cultural attitudes towards women at that time in Haitian culture? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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