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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (When You Don't Know What to Say - Plan Your Honeymoon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mina think Mazen's son looks most like?
(a) Their father.
(b) Her.
(c) Mazen.
(d) Their brother Firas.

2. Where does Mina recall meeting the writer unofficially some years earlier?
(a) At a dinner in Berlin.
(b) At a reading in Boystown.
(c) At a service project in Hines.
(d) At a class in Chciago.

3. Why does seeing the writer frightened and battered in Moria feel disorienting to Mina?
(a) She is used to seeing him only in America.
(b) She is used to seeing him acting in an authoritative way.
(c) She is used to seeing him solid and confident.
(d) She is used to seeing him in a restaurant.

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

5. What does Francine say about women like Mina's mother in Part II?
(a) They should not have children.
(b) They are ahead of their time.
(c) They are to be pitied.
(d) They are there to support men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina buy some children in Part II?

2. What does Sammy say happened to him in jail in Syria?

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

4. Where does Pete Jones eventually do some service work after he is discharged from the army?

5. Where did Mina's mother come to as a young country girl in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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