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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 did Mina's mother spend all the spare money on when Mina was a child?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Dresses for herself.
(d) Paints.

2. What do Mazen and Mina use as children to form their blood pact?
(a) An axe.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pin from a thistle flower.
(d) A fork.

3. Why did both Mina and the writer leave home at first?
(a) To make their parents happy.
(b) Because of war.
(c) To follow a lover.
(d) To get an education.

4. What does the unnamed writer want to know from Nikolaos about a mass drowning incident his ancestors were involved in?
(a) What songs the Turks played while many Greeks were drowning.
(b) Who was the Turkish Prime minister back then.
(c) How many trees were killed during the incident.
(d) How many people died.

5. Where did Mina's mother come to as a young country girl in Part II?
(a) New York.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Beirut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a favorite "surgeon" joke of Mina's?

2. When does Mazen send Mina the first picture to try to repair their rift?

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

4. What kind of plant does Lubna encourage Mina to buy in Chicago?

5. Which country became home to the largest number of Syrian refugees?

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