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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (You Almost Ran Into Me - One Hospital is Much Like Another).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mazen and Mina use as children to form their blood pact?
(a) A fork.
(b) An axe.
(c) A knife.
(d) A pin from a thistle flower.

2. What does the unnamed writer say when a reader asks what his biggest losses from the worst years of the AIDS crisis were?
(a) He names the names of lost friends.
(b) He says he does not know.
(c) He says he needs to write his response.
(d) He says the question is too personal.

3. What does Mazen say about Mina's driving skills in Part III?
(a) He says he is surprised she ever learned to drive.
(b) He says whoever taught her to drive must be a genius, because it was him.
(c) He says she is a terrible driver.
(d) He says she is a competent driver.

4. Where does the stranger in the chapter "How to Rob an Armenian Jewelry Store" say he is originally from?
(a) Syria.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Spain.
(d) Greece.

5. Where did Mina's father often hunt?
(a) Homs.
(b) Dei-ez-Zor.
(c) Angkor Waat.
(d) Damascus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translates for her mother in Part I?

2. What does Francine say about women like Mina's mother in Part II?

3. What did the writer produce essays about in 2012 and 2013?

4. What does Sumaiya say she likes about Mina's appearance in Part III?

5. What piece of jewelry does Mina not have as a child but end up buying for herself as an adult?

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