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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 man who worked at the jewelry store say he and his family booked flights to get away from the police?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Istanbul.

2. Who expedites the application of Sumaiya's family for asylum?
(a) Riki.
(b) Emma.
(c) Rasheed.
(d) Mazen.

3. What anomaly does Mina observe in the tent of the refugee camp at Sumaiya's bedside table in Part IV?
(a) A glass menagerie.
(b) A box of fine chocolates.
(c) A lamp shaped like the Eiffel Tower.
(d) A stained glass window.

4. What is the main unique feature in the writer's father's dream house in Lebanon?
(a) Gold gilding.
(b) An opal in the stone.
(c) An aviary.
(d) A huge library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did Mina want to buy?

2. Where does Mina meet Mazen in Part III for the first time?

3. Why does Emma ask the two journalists to leave in Part III?

4. What does Mazen say about Mina's driving skills in Part III?

5. What does Mazen do when Mina's mother reacts badly in the chapter titled "How Not to Treat Your Child After an Accident"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the relationship between Sammy and Sumaiya like?

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

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

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