BrainMass Quizzes Danticat Quiz This quiz will help students learn important vocabulary from Danticat's The Dew Breaker. 1 Truck: Camion Forebear Mortar 2 A cup-shaped receptacle made of hard material, in which ingredients are crushed or ground, used especially in cooking or pharmacy. Camion Forebear Mortar 3 Appendectomy means: A feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph. A surgical operation to remove the appendix. A series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people. 4 An ancestor: Forebear Pestle Spittle 5 A person who lives outside their native country: Night Talker Expatriate Poultice Submit Quiz