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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. What smell does the unnamed writer's father say he can smell inexplicably close to his death?
(a) Humus.
(b) Cardamom.
(c) Tumeric.
(d) Sugar.

2. Where does the unnamed writer find out that not a single refugee wants to immigrate?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) The United States.

3. What does Mina want to try to convince Sumaiya to let her do early in Part III?
(a) Examine Sumaiya.
(b) Let Sumaiya borrow books.
(c) Give Sumaiya money.
(d) Cook for Sumaiya.

4. Why does Samaiya's family ask if Mina is a man?
(a) They can not believe a woman would be a doctor.
(b) They think she is a man in drag.
(c) They knew a doctor who dressed in drag so he could visit female patients.
(d) They trust male doctors more.

5. Why does Mina think the orangutan does not attack her in Part II?
(a) It can tell she is a woman.
(b) Mina feeds it.
(c) It is smart and knows Mina will not hurt it.
(d) It smells her nice smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks to Sumaiya and Sammy that Mazen does not like in the chapter "Avoid Getting Liver Cancer if you Can"?

2. What city does an alleged coordinated sexual assault take place on New Year's Eve in Part IV?

3. Why does a friend of Rania Kassem's insist she leave the camp in the end of the section titled "How to Become a Westerner"?

4. What classification of his work does the unnamed writer say embarrasses him?

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

(see the answer key)

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