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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 does Francine remind Mina she is in Lesbos to do at the very end of Part II?
(a) Find herself.
(b) Help refugees, not hang out with Emma.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Eat well.

2. Why does seeing the writer frightened and battered in Moria feel disorienting to Mina?
(a) She is used to seeing him acting in an authoritative way.
(b) She is used to seeing him solid and confident.
(c) She is used to seeing him in a restaurant.
(d) She is used to seeing him only in America.

3. How old is the unnamed writer when he tries on a dress for the first time?
(a) 30.
(b) 21.
(c) 45.
(d) 9.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina do for a living?

2. What does Rania Kassem do for a living?

3. Who is one of Mina's heroes as a child?

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

5. What was Mina's birth name?

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