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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. Where was a famous burial site in Iraq Mina references in Part IV?
(a) The Cave of Shanidar.
(b) The Valley of Riki.
(c) The Plain of Shani.
(d) The Reef of Ili.

2. What do Mazen and Mina use as children to form their blood pact?
(a) A knife.
(b) A pin from a thistle flower.
(c) An axe.
(d) A fork.

3. When does Mazen send Mina the first picture to try to repair their rift?
(a) 1995.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1999.

4. What kind of shipping container does Mina meet patients in in Part IV?
(a) A Bimo.
(b) A Reley.
(c) A Gooti.
(d) An Isobox.

5. What was one major reason Sammy says his family had to leave Syria?
(a) His 10-year-old daughter was being forced into marriage.
(b) He had been marked for execution.
(c) Their house had been bombed.
(d) He had run out of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mina try to "steal a bath" from when she was a child?

2. What does the old woman in Part IV from Deir ez-Zor tell Mazen?

3. What does the NGO frequently give to families in the refugee camp?

4. Who does Mina think Mazen's son looks most like?

5. What kind of car does Mina end up buying in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rasheed help two Iraqi gay men get settled in Europe?

2. Who is Sumaiya most worried about in her family for after she dies?

3. What particular topic does Mina remember Francine having written about in 2009?

4. What happened to Linda Abdullah's father at the end of his life?

5. What does Rasheed say Mina should wear so the women in the refugee camp will trust her more?

6. In Part III, how does Mina's mother react after the car accident in her childhood?

7. What destroys the writer's family home in Lebanon eventually?

8. In Part IV, what does Mina realize about the economic situations of the refugees she sees in the camps?

9. Why does Sammy tell the journalists they finally left Syria?

10. Why does Mazen get so mad at the western journalists' questioning of Sammy and Samaiya?

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