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What does the proverb that Danticat uses to start Part Two say that a brother is born for?

Adversity

Why does Joseph come to New York in the summer of 1983?

For a medical checkup.

What helpful device does Joseph obtain during his trip to the United States in 1983?

A mechanical voice box.

During his 1983 visit to the United States, Joseph told Mira that science is God's way of shielding:

Miracles.

How does Marie Micheline die?

She dies of a heart attack during an outbreak of violence in her neighborhood.

Who was described as "a flicker of light frustrated in its attempt to shine" (Danticat 135)?

Marie

Why does Jean-Bertrand Aristide leave office less than a year after being sworn in in 1991?

He is ousted in a military coup.

Why does Joseph tell Danticat he will not leave Haiti despite all the violence in the early 1990s?

Someone has to stay behind to receive letters and greet visiting family.

What story does Tante Denise tell Danticat the last time Danticat visits her in Haiti?

The Angel of Death and Father God.

Why was there no wake for Tante Denise?

Joseph feared the gangs in the neighborhood might storm the house during a wake.

What does Joseph suggest to Danticat before he leaves to go back to Haiti in September 2004 that could help Mira?

He suggests that Danticat bring a Haitian doctor to New York that could help Mira.

What complication does Danticat find out she has in her pregnancy?

A low-lying placenta.

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

United Nations soldiers and Haitian riot police were rooting out violent gangs in Bel Air.

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

They think he allowed the police to shoot at neighborhood people from the roof of his church.

What do some of the young men of the neighborhood demand of Joseph to make amends for his "crimes?"

They demand exorbitant amounts of money to cover funeral costs.

In Granme Melina's story about hell, how is hell defined?

As whatever you fear most.

Why does Joseph choose not to use his voice box often during his last days in Haiti in October 2004?

He is afraid the sound will draw attention.

What disguise does Joseph wear to move between houses in Bel Air in October 2004?

A woman's muumuu and wig.

Who is Tante Zi mourning when she wears white?

Her son, Marius.

Where do Joseph and Maxo fly into in the fall of 2004 in the United States?

Miami

Where does an immigration agent tell Danticat that Joseph and Maxo were taken to upon their arrival in the United States?

Krome, a detention center.

Why does Danticat think Joseph asked for asylum rather than use the valid visa he had to travel to the United States?

He knew he would be staying longer than 30 days and he wanted to tell the truth.

Why does Joseph tell U.S. immigration officials he is requesting asylum?

People burned his church and he fears for his life.

Why does Danticat suspect Joseph was treated so badly by U.S. Customs and Immigration officials?

He may have fallen victim to old, biased policies under which Haitians were detained and deported in larger numbers than other immigrant groups.

Why is Danticat not allowed to visit Joseph when she asks?

There are no visitors allowed at the detention center.

What repartee does Danticat take up with Joseph when she finally gets to speak to him on the phone in the section titled "Tomorrow"?

She calls him affectionate names like my heart.

What does Joseph tell Danticat about his health over the phone from the detention center that alarms her?

He tells her they took his medicine away.

Why is Joseph rushed off the phone from Danticat while at the detention center?

Other detainees are waiting to use it.

What happens to Joseph during his asylum hearing?

He appears to have a seizure and begins vomiting.

What does the medic who is called to take care of Joseph at the asylum hearing say about him?

The medic thinks Joseph is faking.

Why was Joseph's lawyer prevented from continuing his asylum hearing after Joseph was taken away?

He was told it was against the rules.

What phrase did Joseph say during Danticat's childhood when he was close to death?

Let the stars fall.

What was Joseph's most haunting memory of childhood?

Joseph had seen white men kicking the head of a black man like it was a soccer ball.

Where is Joseph's funeral eventually held?

New York.

How does Mira feel about the fact that Joseph was buried in the United States?

He felt like Joseph's final resting place should not have been in the United States.

What does Danticat name her daughter?

Mira

What does Danticat's father request the one day he says he feels like eating?

Plain rice.

What does Danticat do by accident that causes her father to feel terribly chilled for hours afterwards?

Spills his water glass on him.

In the final folktale Danticat retells, where does the grandmother travel?

To the land beneath the waters.

What image gives Danticat comfort after Mira and Joseph pass away?

The brothers walking together in the Beausejour mountains.