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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 does the writer visit Asma in Part IV, long after meeting her on Lesbos?
(a) Malmo.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

2. What is a favorite "surgeon" joke of Mina's?
(a) No one would dare insult her because they knew she would cut them up.
(b) The knife is mightier than the pen.
(c) Laughing gas is very funny.
(d) Her scalpel skills are better than her writing skills.

3. What kind of medication does Mina frequently give to the patients in Part IV?
(a) Tranquilizers.
(b) NSAIDs.
(c) Linase Inhibitors.
(d) Fibrilators.

4. Why does Emma ask the two journalists to leave in Part III?
(a) They did not speak any Arabic so could not understand anything.
(b) They have upset everyone, especially Mazen.
(c) They asked for money for their interviews.
(d) They got very sick and were a threat to the health of the camp.

5. Who learns to adapt mannerisms and behavior to appear less threatening to American authorities in Part IV?
(a) Emma.
(b) Hari.
(c) The unnamed writer.
(d) Mina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unnamed writer's father put in the dream house he builds?

2. What do the journalists say that makes Mazen really lose his temper?

3. Why does Mazen admit he got so mad at the journalists in Part III?

4. What do Mazen and Mina use as children to form their blood pact?

5. Which mythical figure flew too close to the sun and ended up dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What affliction does one woman tell Mina she has in Part IV that Mina can find no physical cause for?

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

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

4. How does Mina's and Mazen's blood pact work?

5. What does Mina know happened to Lesbos and the refugee situation there after she left?

6. What can Mina not help thinking about women from Deir-ez-Zor?

7. Why does Mina want to buy a Jaguar in her midlife?

8. What personal story of loss does Mina share with Asma in Part IV?

9. How did Mazen first begin reestablishing contact with Mina after some years of estrangement?

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

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