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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. Where does Mina choose her name?
(a) In Indonesia.
(b) In London.
(c) In Berlin.
(d) In Lesbos.

2. What kind of rental car does Mina drive in Part I?
(a) An Opel.
(b) A Hyundai.
(c) A Mazda.
(d) A Ford.

3. Where did Mina's father used to take the family on trips to?
(a) Damascus.
(b) Deir ez-Zor.
(c) Baath.
(d) Homs.

4. When does Rania Kassem finally begin to find herself again after losing her way?
(a) When she gets her bank account back.
(b) When she can write again.
(c) When she acts as a doctor in the refugee camp.
(d) When she can read again.

5. Why did both Mina and the writer leave home at first?
(a) To follow a lover.
(b) To get an education.
(c) To make their parents happy.
(d) Because of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emma see the writer talking to, as she tells it to Mina in Part I?

2. What does Francine once do with people on the street who ask for money in Chicago?

3. What does Mina remember calling her mother at the height of her rage in Part II?

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

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

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