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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (My Mother and the Can Opener - Trans Tiresias and the Great Goddesses).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does Mina have that makes her particularly valuable in dealing with refugees?
(a) She is good at calming people down.
(b) She can count money.
(c) She can cook very well.
(d) She speaks Arabic.

2. Where was Mina born?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Libya.
(c) Poland.
(d) Greece.

3. What is one of the first things Mina and the others help Sumaiya and her family do?
(a) Get a hotel.
(b) Open a bank account.
(c) Cook food.
(d) Register with the police.

4. Who was Mina's first romantic partner?
(a) Helen.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Mira.
(d) Francine.

5. Which country became home to the largest number of Syrian refugees?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II, where does Mina see the unnamed writer?

2. What does the unnamed writer say when a reader asks what his biggest losses from the worst years of the AIDS crisis were?

3. How does Mina think the writer's family feels about him?

4. Who did smugglers buy a lot of wooden boats from before Emma arrived?

5. What happens to Rania Kassem's husband?

(see the answer key)

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