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

2. What does Emma tell Mina some of the younger volunteers do with refugees that shocks Mina?
(a) Have sex with them.
(b) Ask them for money.
(c) Take selfies with them.
(d) Eat with them.

3. How does Mina think the writer's family feels about him?
(a) They are indifferent to him.
(b) They adore him.
(c) The despise him.
(d) He has no family left.

4. What does Asma want to be when she grows up?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A translator.
(c) A chef.
(d) A doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mina dream about on Lesbos?

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

3. Where does the ferry take the refugees from Lesbos?

4. Why does a friend of Rania Kassem's insist she leave the camp in the end of the section titled "How to Become a Westerner"?

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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