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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (My Mother and the Can Opener - Trans Tiresias and the Great Goddesses).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 says he needs to write his response.
(b) He names the names of lost friends.
(c) He says the question is too personal.
(d) He says he does not know.

2. What is one of the first things volunteers give the refugees?
(a) Painkillers.
(b) Money.
(c) Foil blankets.
(d) Books.

3. What does GoFundMeJeff do that makes him infamous?
(a) Ask for donations online to serve refugees, but then steals the money.
(b) Eats dinner on the beach.
(c) Buys a plane for himself with refugees' money.
(d) Buys a boat with refugees' money.

4. How did Mina think her mother felt about her father?
(a) She worshiped him.
(b) She was indifferent to him.
(c) She disliked him.
(d) She tolerated him.

5. What did the writer produce essays about in 2012 and 2013?
(a) Hippos.
(b) Syrian refugees.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Language barriers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina buy some children in Part II?

2. Where does Rania Kassem go after leaving the camp?

3. Who accompanies Mina and Jennifer on their trip to Indonesia?

4. Where does the ferry take the refugees from Lesbos?

5. Who is one of Mina's heroes as a child?

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