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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. When does Rania Kassem finally begin to find herself again after losing her way?
(a) When she can read again.
(b) When she can write again.
(c) When she acts as a doctor in the refugee camp.
(d) When she gets her bank account back.

2. What did the writer produce essays about in 2012 and 2013?
(a) Hippos.
(b) Language barriers.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Syrian refugees.

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

4. What does Francine say about women like Mina's mother in Part II?
(a) They are there to support men.
(b) They are to be pitied.
(c) They are ahead of their time.
(d) They should not have children.

5. Who translates for her mother in Part I?
(a) Rezi.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Asma.
(d) Hoya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one young child anxious to show his grandmother in Part I, just after they land onshore?

2. What is one of the first things Mina and the others help Sumaiya and her family do?

3. What does Mina buy some children in Part II?

4. Who was Mina's first romantic partner?

5. What does the unnamed writer say when a reader asks what his biggest losses from the worst years of the AIDS crisis were?

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