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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 list does the unnamed writer keep on his person for a while in Part III?
(a) A list of groceries.
(b) A list of people who died in falls from planes.
(c) A list of books he likes.
(d) A list of friends he has lost.

2. Why does Mazen admit he got so mad at the journalists in Part III?
(a) He is angry all the time lately about everything.
(b) He wants to work for a newspaper himself.
(c) He misses his own daughter terribly.
(d) He hates journalists.

3. Who taught Mina how to drive originally?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Mazen.
(c) An instructor.
(d) Her father.

4. What did the writer produce essays about in 2012 and 2013?
(a) Hippos.
(b) Language barriers.
(c) Syrian refugees.
(d) Hotels.

5. Why does seeing the writer frightened and battered in Moria feel disorienting to Mina?
(a) She is used to seeing him solid and confident.
(b) She is used to seeing him acting in an authoritative way.
(c) She is used to seeing him only in America.
(d) She is used to seeing him in a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one woman Mina examines complain of in Part IV that Mina can find no cause for?

2. What word do the journalists use to describe Sammy that upsets Mazen?

3. Why does Mina think the orangutan does not attack her in Part II?

4. Why did both Mina and the writer leave home at first?

5. What does Mazen do when Mina's mother reacts badly in the chapter titled "How Not to Treat Your Child After an Accident"?

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