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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 a young blonde volunteer scream at on the beach in Part II?
(a) A crab.
(b) A gun.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A shark.

2. Where was the unnamed writer traveling from when he first came to Lesbos?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

3. Who is Emma romantically partnered with in Part I?
(a) Skelly.
(b) Rodrigo.
(c) Mazen.
(d) Sam.

4. What does Francine once do with people on the street who ask for money in Chicago?
(a) Brings them to the library.
(b) Asks them to stay at her apartment.
(c) Buys them a plane ticket.
(d) Gives them money for college.

5. Why does a friend of Rania Kassem's insist she leave the camp in the end of the section titled "How to Become a Westerner"?
(a) She has a chance to marry and have children.
(b) Her brother is sponsoring her.
(c) She is sick.
(d) It is too dangerous for her personal safety to stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does seeing the writer frightened and battered in Moria feel disorienting to Mina?

2. What is one of the first things Mina and the others help Sumaiya and her family do?

3. Who taught Mina how to drive originally?

4. Why does Mina think the orangutan does not attack her in Part II?

5. In Part II, where does Mina see the unnamed writer?

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