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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 is one of the first things volunteers give the refugees?
(a) Books.
(b) Painkillers.
(c) Foil blankets.
(d) Money.

2. What does Francine once do with people on the street who ask for money in Chicago?
(a) Buys them a plane ticket.
(b) Asks them to stay at her apartment.
(c) Gives them money for college.
(d) Brings them to the library.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Mina how to drive originally?

2. Where did Mina's father often hunt?

3. Who is Mina's brother that she will be seeing soon in Part I?

4. Who calls the unnamed writer "sister"?

5. Who does Emma see the writer talking to, as she tells it to Mina in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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