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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. When did Haitians begin arriving in Florida in large numbers by boat?
2. Why does Danticat sense that Bob eats so much during their first dinner with their parents in the United States?
3. Where does an immigration agent tell Danticat that Joseph and Maxo were taken to in the fall of 2004 upon their arrival in the United States?
4. What does Joseph suggest to Danticat before he leaves to go back to Haiti in September 2004 that could help Mira?
5. Why does Danticat suspect Joseph was treated so badly by U.S. Customs and Immigration officials?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the section "Brother, I Leave You With a Heavy Heart," why is Danticat's father concerned about Joseph?
2. How does Marie Micheline die?
3. What is the first present Danticat's father gives to her upon her arrival in the United States?
4. Whose house does Joseph initially take refuge in when he is in hiding in Haiti in October 2004?
5. Why does Danticat suspect her brother Bob asks for seconds of dinner on their first night in New York back with their parents?
6. What folktale about hell does Danticat recall Granme Melina telling?
7. In the section titled "Gypsy," what is Danticat's new home in America like physically?
8. What factor about Danticat's pregnancy causes her some anxiety?
9. How does Tante Zi get Joseph out of hiding and safely to the airport in October 2004?
10. When Joseph visits New York in 1983, what life-changing device does he receive from the hospital?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Danticat's parents return to Haiti in 1976 to begin the process of bringing she and her brother Bob permanently back to the United States, Danticat is ambivalent about their presence and about the situation. Write an essay exploring the range of her feelings and explaining why she was not simply overjoyed to have her parents back in her life again at that time.
Essay Topic 2
When Danticat's family learns of Mira's terminal health diagnosis, her brother, Bob, asks Mira if he has enjoyed his life. Write an essay explaining why both this question and Mira's answer represent an anomaly in the way Danticat's family usually communications, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the faith that both Joseph and Mira place in herbal and alternative medicine. Where does the tradition that they follow seem to have originated?
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