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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Mina eventually go to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Darthmouth.

3. Who asks Mina to come work with refugees in Part I?
(a) Harper.
(b) Francine.
(c) Emma.
(d) Winnie.

4. What is one of the first things volunteers give the refugees?
(a) Money.
(b) Painkillers.
(c) Books.
(d) Foil blankets.

5. What significant event does Mina miss by being in Lesbos in Part I?
(a) Her thirtieth wedding anniversary.
(b) Her niece's baptism.
(c) Her mother's funeral.
(d) Her son's tenth birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of rental car does Mina drive in Part I?

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

3. What classification of his work does the unnamed writer say embarrasses him?

4. Where does Mina choose her name?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mina buy for the children in "The Little Rascals Go to Camp" and how does this turn out?

2. In "How to Become a Westerner," how does Rania Kassem find herself again?

3. What was the writer's first experience in drag?

4. In "Doctors in Drag," why does the family ask Mina if she is a man?

5. Why is Mina's being a woman significant in her work as a doctor with the refugees?

6. In "Here Comes the Boat," why does Mina think the old woman is so mean to her adult son?

7. What is one of Emma's most defining characteristics, according to Mina?

8. Why does Francine not like Emma?

9. In "Here Comes the Boat," what is Mina surprised to hear about some of the young volunteers?

10. In "Here Comes the Boat," why is Mina so concerned about Sumaiya?

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