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

2. Where does Mina recall meeting the writer unofficially some years earlier?
(a) At a reading in Boystown.
(b) At a service project in Hines.
(c) At a dinner in Berlin.
(d) At a class in Chciago.

3. Who is one of Mina's brothers?
(a) Razul.
(b) Henry.
(c) Firas.
(d) Sam.

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

5. Who does Mina dream about on Lesbos?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Tiresias.
(d) Her cousin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the unnamed writer say heels are for him?

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

4. Why does Samaiya's family ask if Mina is a man?

5. What does GoFundMeJeff do that makes him infamous?

(see the answer key)

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