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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 a friend of Rania Kassem's insist she leave the camp in the end of the section titled "How to Become a Westerner"?
(a) She has a chance to marry and have children.
(b) It is too dangerous for her personal safety to stay.
(c) She is sick.
(d) Her brother is sponsoring her.

2. What does Mina remember about going hunting with her father?
(a) She loved hunting.
(b) She almost accidentally shot him.
(c) She hated hunting.
(d) She never went hunting with her father.

3. Who is the Palestinian who asks Mina to help him in Part I?
(a) Rasheed.
(b) Mazen.
(c) Robart.
(d) Sam.

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

5. What does a young blonde volunteer scream at on the beach in Part II?
(a) A shark.
(b) A gun.
(c) A crab.
(d) A rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Samaiya's family ask if Mina is a man?

2. Who accompanies Mina and Jennifer on their trip to Indonesia?

3. What did the writer produce essays about in 2012 and 2013?

4. What does Mina suspect is wrong with Sumaiya as soon as she sees her in Part I?

5. What does Francine say about women like Mina's mother in Part II?

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