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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (You Almost Ran Into Me - One Hospital is Much Like Another).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mess does Mina think that Lesbos is when she arrives?
(a) A man-made one.
(b) A manageable one.
(c) A supernatural one.
(d) A somewhat humane one.

2. What word do the journalists use to describe Sammy that upsets Mazen?
(a) Infidel.
(b) Angel.
(c) Hero.
(d) Crackpot.

3. What was one major reason Sammy says his family had to leave Syria?
(a) He had run out of money.
(b) His 10-year-old daughter was being forced into marriage.
(c) Their house had been bombed.
(d) He had been marked for execution.

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

5. Who made the wings to escape from the island where the Minotaur was born?
(a) Minos.
(b) Daedalus.
(c) Pasiphae.
(d) Roman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Mazen do?

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

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

4. Where did Mina and Mazen first meet after her estrangement from the family?

5. Who talks to Sumaiya and Sammy that Mazen does not like in the chapter "Avoid Getting Liver Cancer if you Can"?

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