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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. Where was Mina born?
(a) Poland.
(b) Greece.
(c) Libya.
(d) Lebanon.

2. Where does Mina recall meeting the writer unofficially some years earlier?
(a) At a service project in Hines.
(b) At a class in Chciago.
(c) At a reading in Boystown.
(d) At a dinner in Berlin.

3. How does Mina describe the sea in "Here Comes the Boat"?
(a) As being rough.
(b) As being blanketed in gray.
(c) As being red-tinged.
(d) As being gentle.

4. Who accompanies Mina and Jennifer on their trip to Indonesia?
(a) Mira.
(b) Kemala.
(c) Helen.
(d) Mazen.

5. What does GoFundMeJeff do that makes him infamous?
(a) Buys a plane for himself with refugees' money.
(b) Ask for donations online to serve refugees, but then steals the money.
(c) Eats dinner on the beach.
(d) Buys a boat with refugees' money.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Emma romantically partnered with in Part I?

4. Where does Francine want to live in America?

5. Where did Mina's father often hunt?

(see the answer key)

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