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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. How does Mina meet Jennifer?
(a) She is a friend of a friend.
(b) She is a co-worker.
(c) She is one of her professors.
(d) She is a neighbor.

2. Where does the ferry take the refugees from Lesbos?
(a) Athens.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. What does one woman decorate her pantry with who the writer speaks with?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Paper.
(c) Sequins.
(d) Thread.

4. How did Mina think her mother felt about her father?
(a) She disliked him.
(b) She worshiped him.
(c) She was indifferent to him.
(d) She tolerated him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of volunteers is one of the most effective on the island in Part I?

2. What does Mina remember about going hunting with her father?

3. What does Mina remember calling her mother at the height of her rage in Part II?

4. Who is Mina's wife?

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

(see the answer key)

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