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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. Why does Samaiya's family ask if Mina is a man?
(a) They trust male doctors more.
(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 can not believe a woman would be a doctor.

2. Where does Francine want to live in America?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) California.

3. Who asks Mina to come work with refugees in Part I?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Harper.
(c) Emma.
(d) Francine.

4. Where does Mina travel to help refugees in Part I?
(a) Lesbos.
(b) Poland.
(c) America.
(d) France.

5. What happens to Rania Kassem's husband?
(a) He flees to America.
(b) He joins Daesh.
(c) He is taken by the Syrian authorities and never returns.
(d) He drowns trying to cross into Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the unnamed writer when he tries on a dress for the first time?

2. Who is Emma romantically partnered with in Part I?

3. Who translates for her mother in Part I?

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

5. What does the unnamed writer say heels are for him?

(see the answer key)

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