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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (When You Don't Know What to Say - Plan Your Honeymoon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the journalists say that makes Mazen really lose his temper?
(a) Not all refugees really love their daughters.
(b) Mazen looks dirty.
(c) Sammy never really had to leave his home country.
(d) Refugees can find other ways to make money besides sex work.

2. What does the unnamed writer listen to when he is very depressed in Part IV?
(a) Opera.
(b) Country music.
(c) Punk rock.
(d) Classic rock.

3. What does Francine remind Mina she is in Lesbos to do at the very end of Part II?
(a) Help refugees, not hang out with Emma.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Eat well.
(d) Find herself.

4. What was one of the unnamed writer's favorite books from his youth?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) The Catcher in the Rye.
(c) The Borrowers.
(d) The Carpetbagger.

5. What is a favorite "surgeon" joke of Mina's?
(a) Laughing gas is very funny.
(b) The knife is mightier than the pen.
(c) Her scalpel skills are better than her writing skills.
(d) No one would dare insult her because they knew she would cut them up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina realize some people apply to their children's eyes to try to ward off conjunctivitis?

2. Who does Mina tell Asma she has lost and mourned?

3. What does one woman decorate her pantry with who the writer speaks with?

4. What does Rania Kassem do for a living?

5. Where does Francine want to live in America?

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