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

2. What happens to Morty in the chapter titled "A Terrorist by Any Other Name is Still a Terrorist"?
(a) He loses all his benefits.
(b) He wins the lottery.
(c) He dies and his wheelchair goes out of control.
(d) He gets deported right before he dies.

3. What does Mazen do when Mina's mother reacts badly in the chapter titled "How Not to Treat Your Child After an Accident"?
(a) Shuns Mina.
(b) Feeds Mina.
(c) Moves closer to Mina to comfort her.
(d) Loans Mina his favorite book.

4. Which mythical figure flew too close to the sun and ended up dying?
(a) Winlet.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Icarus.
(d) Fios.

5. Who is one of the first refugees the unnamed writer interviews in Beirut in Part IV?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Riki.
(c) Hamza.
(d) Mazen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rasheed bring to share with Mina and Asma in the very beginning of Part I?

2. What event changes the way Muslims and Middle Easterners are seen and treated in America according to Mina in Part IV?

3. Where does Pete Jones fight for the U.S. Army?

4. What is the first sentence Mina writes in her correspondence to Mazen to help repair their relationship in Part III?

5. Which family friend of Mina's has a relative who is unfairly labeled as a terrorist in the chapter "A Terrorist by Any Other Name is Still a Terrorist"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the jewel in the dream house the writer's father built in Lebanon?

2. What does Mina think of George W. Bush's post-9/11 speech?

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

4. What does the scent of cardamom mean to Mina and the writer?

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

6. What happens in Cologne on New Year's Eve that impacts Europe's attitudes towards refugees?

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

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

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

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

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