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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Francine specialize in?
(a) Gynecology.
(b) Radiology.
(c) Oncoogy.
(d) Psychiatry.
2. What does Mina remember calling her mother at the height of her rage in Part II?
(a) A stupid woman.
(b) A pig.
(c) A waste of space.
(d) A whore.
3. Where does Mina recall meeting the writer unofficially some years earlier?
(a) At a class in Chciago.
(b) At a dinner in Berlin.
(c) At a service project in Hines.
(d) At a reading in Boystown.
4. Where does the ferry take the refugees from Lesbos?
(a) Athens.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.
5. What does Mina do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Doctor.
6. 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 is sick.
(b) It is too dangerous for her personal safety to stay.
(c) She has a chance to marry and have children.
(d) Her brother is sponsoring her.
7. What does GoFundMeJeff do that makes him infamous?
(a) Ask for donations online to serve refugees, but then steals the money.
(b) Buys a plane for himself with refugees' money.
(c) Eats dinner on the beach.
(d) Buys a boat with refugees' money.
8. Where did Mina's mother come to as a young country girl in Part II?
(a) Berlin.
(b) New York.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Beirut.
9. How does Mina think the writer's family feels about him?
(a) The despise him.
(b) They adore him.
(c) He has no family left.
(d) They are indifferent to him.
10. What skill does Mina have that makes her particularly valuable in dealing with refugees?
(a) She speaks Arabic.
(b) She can count money.
(c) She can cook very well.
(d) She is good at calming people down.
11. What does Francine say about women like Mina's mother in Part II?
(a) They are there to support men.
(b) They are ahead of their time.
(c) They should not have children.
(d) They are to be pitied.
12. Who does Mina dream about on Lesbos?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Tiresias.
(d) Icarus.
13. 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) Gives them money for college.
(c) Brings them to the library.
(d) Buys them a plane ticket.
14. Where did Mina's father used to take the family on trips to?
(a) Baath.
(b) Deir ez-Zor.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Homs.
15. Who first sees the unnamed writer in Greece?
(a) Mina's mother.
(b) Emma.
(c) Francine.
(d) Mazen.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was the unnamed writer traveling from when he first came to Lesbos?
2. What does Mina's GPS sound like?
3. What happens to Rania Kassem's husband?
4. Who asks Mina to come work with refugees in Part I?
5. Where did Mina and Mazen first meet after her estrangement from the family?
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