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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Rania Kassem go after leaving the camp?
(a) Austria.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

3. What is one of the first things Mina and the others help Sumaiya and her family do?
(a) Get a hotel.
(b) Register with the police.
(c) Open a bank account.
(d) Cook food.

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

5. What group of volunteers is one of the most effective on the island in Part I?
(a) The Greek Coast Guard.
(b) The older Peace Corps volunteers.
(c) The young Spanish lifeguards.
(d) The Americorps volunteers.

6. What does Mina do for a living?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

7. What does Francine specialize in?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Radiology.
(c) Gynecology.
(d) Oncoogy.

8. Where is the unnamed writer when he tries on a dress for the first time?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Rio di Janeiro.

9. Who first sees the unnamed writer in Greece?
(a) Mina's mother.
(b) Emma.
(c) Mazen.
(d) Francine.

10. What does Mina remember calling her mother at the height of her rage in Part II?
(a) A stupid woman.
(b) A waste of space.
(c) A whore.
(d) A pig.

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

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

13. What was Mina's birth name?
(a) Ayman.
(b) Hazen.
(c) Firas.
(d) Henry.

14. Where was Mina born?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Greece.
(c) Libya.
(d) Poland.

15. Where did Mina and Mazen first meet after her estrangement from the family?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Venice.
(c) Wales.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer 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?

2. Where does Mina eventually go to college?

3. Where does Mina recall meeting the writer unofficially some years earlier?

4. Who asks Mina to come work with refugees in Part I?

5. Where did Mina's mother come to as a young country girl in Part II?

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