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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. Who first sees the unnamed writer in Greece?
(a) Francine.
(b) Emma.
(c) Mina's mother.
(d) Mazen.

2. Where does Mina choose her name?
(a) In Indonesia.
(b) In Berlin.
(c) In Lesbos.
(d) In London.

3. Where does Rania Kassem go after leaving the camp?
(a) Austria.
(b) England.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Spain.

4. What does Francine once do with people on the street who ask for money in Chicago?
(a) Brings them to the library.
(b) Buys them a plane ticket.
(c) Gives them money for college.
(d) Asks them to stay at her apartment.

5. Who does Emma see the writer talking to, as she tells it to Mina in Part I?
(a) Nickolaos.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A child.
(d) Mazen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mina describe the sea in "Here Comes the Boat"?

2. What does Francine remind Mina she is in Lesbos to do at the very end of Part II?

3. What does one woman decorate her pantry with who the writer speaks with?

4. 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"?

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

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