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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 calls the unnamed writer "sister"?
(a) Mira.
(b) Mina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Celso.

2. What does Mina suspect is wrong with Sumaiya as soon as she sees her in Part I?
(a) Terminal cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Flu.
(d) Lupus.

3. What is one of the first things volunteers give the refugees?
(a) Books.
(b) Money.
(c) Painkillers.
(d) Foil blankets.

4. Who is Emma romantically partnered with in Part I?
(a) Sam.
(b) Mazen.
(c) Skelly.
(d) Rodrigo.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Why does seeing the writer frightened and battered in Moria feel disorienting to Mina?

4. Who was Mina's first romantic partner?

5. Where does Rania Kassem go after leaving the camp?

(see the answer key)

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